Integration of Refugees
through Sport

Synthesis of the case study

The research summary “Sports for refugees - the challenges for instructors and their support needs” has been designed to assist coaches, training supervisors, teachers, specialized staff and volunteers who run training sessions to work with refugees and migrants. Throughout selected key results from nine focus group of surveys, the document describes what kind of support and needs have the sport instructors, who are working with refugee children, adolescents and adults in sports clubs, youth facilities, schools, neighbourhood centres, etc. Most relevant topics are: what motivates them to engage/ which problems, difficulties and challenges they face/ recommendations for strategies/ which attitudes and practices are considered important in working with refugees.