This action was submitted through the GFMD Mayors Mechanism Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.
Through this pledge, Braga, amongst some other Local and Regional Governments (LRGs) in Europe, commits to “suport children refugees" . They will treat them as our own because they are their own. A child is a child, and we want all children and youth to belong, to bring out their best, and to contribute to their communities”. Through its 8 objectives, this pledge, catalyzed in the face of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, aims to support the EU Temporary Protection Directive. Through this pledge LRGs are stepping up to welcome refugee children and families into their homes, their schools and their communities. As families fleeing Ukraine have the right to protection and the chance to choose where they stay, LRGs (in Europe?) have seen an estimated 2 million children arriving to their cities and towns.