In 2005, JRS-Europe designes and implements a training project directed at persons attending to the needs of asylum seekers and irregular migrants in detention centres. The two days of training take place in six countries:

1. Bucharest, Romania (October 6 - 7, 2005)
2. London, England (November 3 - 4, 2005)
3. Brussels, Belgium (November 24 - 25, 2005)
4. Valetta, Malta (December 6 - 7, 2005)
5. Ljubljana, Slovenia (December 15 - 16, 2005)
6. Rome, Italy (December 16 - 17, 2005)

It covers the following issues:

• International and regional human rights and refugee/migration law and standards relating to asylum seekers in detention
• Intercultural and interracial issues
• Identification and response to psychosocial concerns of detainees

The training team is comprised of three external experts:  Ms Anna Maria Gallagher, JRS-International consultant and international refugee and migration lawyer; Ms Helen Ireland, coordinator of the U.K. Association for Visitors to Immigration Detainees/AVID (www.aviddetention.org.uk) and Mr Naboth Muchopa, Secretary of the Racial Justice Committee for the UK Methodist Church.

At the end of the project, the training team edits a manual for persons attending to the needs of refugees and asylum seekers in detention.The manual is drafted while the training sessions were ongoing to ensure input from all participants.

 Manual for persons attending to the needs of detainees ENGLISH (441.70 KB)

 Manual for persons attending to the needs of detainees DUTCH (423.72 KB)

 Manual for persons attending to the needs of detainees FRENCH (435.95 KB)

 Manual for persons attending to the needs of detainees ITALIAN (355.84 KB)

The project is supported by the European Refugee Fund.

1. Bucharest, Romania (October 6 - 7, 2005)
2. London, England (November 3 - 4, 2005)
3. Brussels, Belgium (November 24 - 25, 2005)
4. Valetta, Malta (December 6 - 7, 2005)
5. Ljubljana, Slovenia (December 15 - 16, 2005)
6. Rome, Italy (December 16 - 17, 2005)