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Next week is Graduation Day for a group of underage youth who may not be allowed to stay in the Netherlands by the IND. They attended the training Move it Forward, which SAMAH developed together with Lifegoals Netherlands. What extraordinary young people we got to know! Despite great worries about the future, so eager to […]

A year ago, Youth Panel the Third Chamber, SAMAH and ExpEx organized the Big 5 Action Meeting. To spur a movement that will ensure that all youth leave youth care only when their Big 5 is permanently in order. Earlier this year, The Forgotten Child organized their action week on the same theme. On November […]

The SAMAH Community has a chance to win an Appeltje van Oranje 2022. And from January 12, the Dutch public can increase the chances of winning. This can be done by voting for the SAMAH Community as a favorite. A total of 39 projects are in the running for the prestigious prizes, which are awarded […]

Travel companions – Then Now Later In the summer and fall, Semir interviewed young people who, like him, came alone to the Netherlands 5 or 6 years ago. These were young people throughout the Netherlands. Based on what young people shared during the interviews, he wrote a book: Travel companions – Then Now Later Last […]

On Monday, Oct. 17, a group of young people, former single refugees, visited the2nd Chamber. The young people there told what they need to build their lives well in the Netherlands. What can help them, so they keep perspective, can be part of society and contribute to it. Fully and from their potential. Curious about […]

Working to build a solid foundation for AMVs, working on the Big 5! “Doing it yourself in practice is completely different from hearing it in theory.” Boy, 18 years old “I’ve never had hate on any particular day, but believe me: the day I turned 18 what literally a nightmare. Everything went wrong and I […]

“Take care of AMVs after 18! Today, the Children’s Ombudsman and the National Ombudsman present the results of their investigation into the bottlenecks in the transition to majority for unaccompanied minors with residency status. SAMAH supports the report’s recommendations, including: That reaching the age of 18 is not a celebration for many young people is […]

“Secure post-18 counseling for unaccompanied refugee minors as soon as possible!” Today, the results of the investigation conducted by the Children’s Ombudsman and the National Ombudsman into bottlenecks in the transition to adulthood of unaccompanied minor foreign nationals (UMAs) with residence status were published. As organizations that have been working – often for years – […]

Zorgen om Afghanen Door de recente ontwikkelingen in Afghanistan zijn duizenden mensen op de vlucht geslagen. Een aantal van hen heeft Nederland bereikt en wordt momenteel opgevangen op een vijftal locaties in Nederland. Ook voor Afghaanse jongeren die al langere tijd in Nederland verblijven en voorbereid werden op terugkeer, heeft deze crisissituatie veel impact. Hun […]