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The aim of the project is to provide comprehensive support for migrants from the Pomerania region as well as to help their widely understood integration into Polish society. As its name (‘Xenofilia’) indicates, the project intends to contribute to getting to know and liking ‘the others’. Through our activities, we want to help migrants to become independent in Poland and encourage them to become actively involved in the local community. We will provide the target group with educational, informational, integrative and activating support as well as specialized counselling (e.g. legal, psychological and translational). An important element of the project is work with immigrant and re-immigrant families and establishment of the Słupsk City Council of Immigrants – a consultative and advisory body for shaping migration policies. This activity will strengthen migrants’ self-advocacy. Integration activities addressed to male and female migrants and the host community will foster mutual understanding. The project will provide support to migrant women who experience physical, psychological and economic violence. We will organise self-defence classes and personal development workshops. We will run workshops for both genders on cultural differences and gender violence. The project partners are the City of Gdańsk, Mannrettindaskrifstofa Island (Icelandic Human Rights Centre) and CIO (Centre for Citizens'' Initiatives).