
This book, entitled *Human Mobility and Social Protection in Europe: Comparative Studies and Professional Practices* (2025), is a collective work published as part of the European Global-ANSWER project. The text offers a critical and comparative analysis of how social protection systems in Europe (and particularly in the countries participating in the project—Spain, Italy and Sweden) respond to the complexity of contemporary migration flows. Its main focus is to move beyond perspectives that criminalise migration or treat it as a mere institutional problem, advocating instead for a model based on human rights and the genuine inclusion of people on the move. The book is organised into three parts, ranging from legal and political frameworks to the identification of good practices on the ground. Notable among its contributions are the analysis of the systemic vulnerability faced by migrants and asylum seekers, the study of bureaucratic failures such as the phenomenon of non-take-up (lack of access to benefits due to administrative barriers), and the proposal of innovative social intervention practices, such as support for unaccompanied minors or intercultural mediation in the health sector. Ultimately, the contributions of this work serve as a roadmap, based on social innovation, to transform precariousness into alternatives of dignity and solidarity, valuing the experiential knowledge of migrants.
