This action was submitted through the GFMD Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.
The Local Integration Center for Migrants functions as a one-stop center that centralizes the services offered by the District of Barranquilla, the national level and international cooperation partners for the comprehensive care of the migrant, refugee, stateless and returnee population, mainly from Venezuela.
Our main objectives are three: first, to consolidate ourselves as a space that is permanent and recognized by the population with a focus on orientation, referral, and integral attention to the migrant population. A space where the district, national and international cooperation organizations offer is centralized; and also, to decentralize this offer and take it to the five localities of the district through extra-mural workshops with leaders, community-based organizations, international cooperation and district and national entities and the private sector. Secondly, we seek to achieve the successful socioeconomic, cultural, and urban integration of the entire target population in Barranquilla through access to rights, social protection, humanitarian attention and productive integration. Finally, we seek to lead processes, mobilize, and articulate all levels of society to strengthen migration policy and governance, and thus become a national and international reference.