Assisting migrants in their mobility project

Key to France project

The “Key to France” project was launched in 2004. It is led by the Platform for the Promotion of Integration by Geographic Mobility (PRIM). The objective of the project is to offer to newly arrived refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection encountering difficulties in finding employment and/or housing at their current place of residence (mostly in the Paris metropolitan region) the possibility to start their integration process in another region where they can have better access to employment and housing facilities. It allows to refugees to leave reception centres where asylum seekers are supposed to be accommodated. Finally, it offers a solution to people who are in emergency shelters.

The project consists of the following activities: First, it assists migrants in order to carry out their mobility project. This includes awareness-raising workshops, information on target regions and on employment and housing possibilities there and individual guidance to carry out the mobility plan. Then, the project also informs social workers on relocation possibilities and helps them to set up awareness raising workshops.

The Platform contributes to the installation of beneficiaries of international protection in regions in need of labour force and suffering from demographic deficit. It develops partnerships with housing and employment actors in the public and the private sector (social and private rental agencies, employment agencies, local government offices, etc.) in the 19 target regions. It also pursues a lobbying activity in order to promote mobility.

The project is co-financed by the European Refugee Fund, the Ile-de-France Regional Council and the Val de Marne Social Services Department.