” “"The challenge is to make young immigrants become an integral part of the societies in which they live". This was repeated this morning by Lorenzo Prencipe of the Migration study centre (Cser) as he spoke in Siguenza, Spain, at the Annual Meeting of the national directors for the pastoral of migrants of the Council of European Bishops Conferences (Ccee) about "Migration and youth: a chance for the Church and society in Europe” ending on Sunday. "As long as these young people coming from outside Europe added Prencipe do not find the right of citizenship in Europe, we will not be able to respond to the challenge of fully integrating them in the reality of our societies. The journey must start from the schools, continue through professional life and end in the right of citizenship". "Only when this right is completely acquired can the young immigrants in a European country concludes the delegate of Cser say that at last they are an integral part of the country in which they live". According to statistics from the centre, young immigrants in Europe aged under 18 are over 6 million. Second- and third-generation immigrants are as many.” “
