International and Temporary Protection Reception System

Resettlement and other programs

The Directorate-General for Humanitarian Assistance and the International Protection Reception System manages the following special programmes:

  • Relocation

    Applicants for international protection may voluntarily participate in the relocation mechanism between Member States of the European Union.

    This program allows to manage flows of applicants from Member States with greater migratory pressure, including Spain to other Member States.

  • Resettlement

    The European Union is committed to resettlement as one of the pillars of the external dimension of international protection and inter-state solidarity in collaboration with third countries. The Resettlement Program offers those who are in need of international protection and have the most vulnerable conditions in third countries to be transferred to a Member State that can guarantee them the required protection.

    The National Resettlement Programs (PNR) have been approved annually since 2010. Currently, Spain’s commitment is to resettle 1,200 asylum seekers.

    Video on the Resettlement Program

  • Community sponsorship

    Since 2019, the Community Sponsorship program implemented by Spain as a complementary action to the International and Temporary Protection Reception System is under way. This programme allows citizens to participate directly in the work of accompanying asylum seekers in their integration process to facilitate inclusion and social cohesion.

    In Spain, Community Sponsorship initiatives are being implemented in three Autonomous Communities (Basque Country, Valencian Community and Foral Community of Navarre) aimed at beneficiaries of international protection who have been transferred to Spain within the framework of resettlement programs.

  • Welcome to the Family

    In 2022, an agreement was signed with the “la Caixa” Foundation, to launch the “Reception Project”, in order to expand the resources available in the reception system in the face of the crisis of displaced persons caused by the invasion of Ukraine, through the creation of a network of families willing to welcome displaced refugee families from Ukraine into their homes.

    To date, more than 300 families in Spain have welcomed into their homes refugees who have benefited from SAPIT, this and other conflicts.

    The participating individuals or families count on the support and follow-up of a reference entity during their participation. They are hosted, with the collaborating entities of the SAPIT that facilitates the actions planned for the phase of preparation for the autonomy of the system. Welcoming families, with the support of a collaborating entity of the La Caixa Foundation that assumes the role of support, accompaniment and follow-up of the intervention. Program coordination is carried to cab from the SGGPIAHSAPI special program area team.

    The welcoming families, with the eligibility criteria previously determined by the DGAHSAPI to be able to receive individuals and families benefiting from the Family Reception Program, will be informed, selected and validated by the collaborating entities of the “la Caixa” Foundation.

    For more information, if you are interested in participating as a welcoming family: