Cross country report ‘City for Everybody – Building Responsible Action for Inclusive Local Communities’

This cross country framework report is based on national reports produced in five selected cities ‒ Ljubljana, Zagreb, Budapest, Paris, and Malmö ‒  by the Malmö university, the Hungarian association Menedek, the French association France terre dʼasile, the Center for Peace Studies of Croatia and the Peace Institute of Slovenia. Each of these reports draws conclusions from personal interviews and focus groups conducted on a total sample of approximately 150 people. Some interviewees were professionals who work in direct contact with people with migrant backgrounds (social worker and teachers notably) or public policy makers in charge of antidiscrimination policy.

This allows to build a comprehensive mapping of existing legal and political frameworks in the cities studied. Most interviewees were people with a migrant background, some were newcomers who had arrived in the EU in the past year, many had been in the EU for over 5 years, and some were born and raised in the country and identified as Black, Indigenous, or People of Colour (BIPOC). A majority were concerned by immigration law and others by asylum law (asylum seekers or refugees). This report is not meant as a comparative report between the countries under study but rather endeavours to provide a transnational perspective on racism and discrimination against migrants and people with a migrant background. Hence, it focus on identifying common dynamics, limitations but also good practices and specific recommendations that can be translated into policies and practices to combat racism and discrimination at the local level. It also serve as the basis for the development of anti-racism and antidiscrimination training materials to be used in Croatia, Hungary and Slovenia.