Migrant youths without family references are a particularly vulnerable group with a high risk of social exclusion. When entering the program, around 75% of them face administrative difficulties (to obtain regularization and work permits), housing difficulties (lacking means to access housing and facing discrimination in the market), language difficulties (lack of oral and written fluency of local languages), educational difficulties (lack of qualifications adapted to the labour market), labour difficulties (lack of formal and informal networks and knowledge of mechanisms to access employment) and social capital difficulties (lack of social and community participation).
With a focus on rights and transition to adulthood, the Basque Government decided to reinforce its support to the ongoing work process and locate this initiative inside normalised youth and migration policies. Previously homeless and attended by social services and resources against social exclusion, users are now attended by a program which lies on a comprehensive work model and a coordinated approach to accelerate transition processes.
