"The background for the project is that in Elnesvågen we received many refugees in 2015-2016, during the refugee crisis in Europe. We wanted to have a project where we could compare how the Spanish received and worked with the refugees compared to Norway. It was though difficult to compare the situations in both countries, because they were very different. While we in Norway receive the refugees to reside in Our country, the Spanish have a different problem. There were not so many refugees in Seville, but they have this rescue team on the coast, where they take in the refugees coming in boats from Midde lEast and mostly from Africa. To a certain extent it was possible to compare, but I think Our students, both Norwegian and Spanish got a more overall impression of the refugees situation during the Project. In this project, our students have also got to know each other`s culture and language. This is an important experience that they will profit from later in life. Many students have little experience in taking care of themselves and we think the class exchange have given them many opportunities to boost their self confidence. They have practiced and become more confident in the English language which has been the lingua franca used during the Project. This has also increased the students interest and motivation to learn English and a second language. . Some of our Norwegian students has also studied Spanish, and they have been able to practice this language as much as they wanted during the Project. This bilateral partnership have involved a reciprocal class exchange of 18 Norwegian students and 18 Spanish students for a period of 10 days each time, from 2 different schools. The Norwegian students, born mostly in 2000, realized the first class exchange in April 2017, when the class and two teachers went to Seville, Spain. The second exchange was realized November 2017, when the Spanish students came to Elnesvågen, Norway for 10 days. The project period has been 2 years. The main aim of the project was to:-observe and describe the standard of life of newly arrived migrants in both Spain and Norway- learn about the differences between refugees, asylum seekers and migration-analyse the rights and duties of migrants in both Spain and Norway-study how political and economical structures influence each country`s policy on migrants-become a basic user of the language of the partner (target language). -get to know another European language and culture and learn about each other`s youth cultureIn addition we hoped that the project could bring positive and lon-lasting effects on the persons involved in the project, both within the cultural awareness and increasing the students language capacity. The main activities has been the two exchange periods, where the students had to work together and compare their findings. During the Norwegian students visit in Spain, the students worked two days with cultural presentations and workshops on the project themes at school, in addition to some language learning. They also had a cultural sightseeing in Seville, and Jerez de la Frontera, while the last visit was to Tarifa, where they visited ""Centro de Salvamento Marítimo del Estrecho(a maritime rescuecenter) and Certro de Internamiento de extranjeros( a interncenter of refugees)During the Spanish students visit in Norway, we had 3 days with workshops to finalize the presentations, as well as language learning. In groups of 4 students, two from each country, they worked their theme and tried to compare. At the end of the week we had presentations of the groupwork. Some used digital tools and had a power point presentations, while many groups made wall papers. (See photos enclosed). In addition we had one visit to the office of refugees ""Flyktningetjenesten"" and half day together with the refugees at the Center of Norwegian language learning. We had some excersises together with the refugees and asylumseekers. Comparing culture was a part of this, but also sharing culture through food, music and dance. It was an overall interesting day for all parts involved.The newspaper come and took photos, and made some interviews. the article came in the paper a few days after. (a copy of the article is enclosed) We also organized a couple of cultural visits to Ålesund and the Aquarium, and the Romsdal museum in Molde. A journalist group had to document everything through a blogg for the project. (The link to the blog is not written here, because of some virusproblems - we are working on this problem) According to the evaluations from the students, many of them learnt a lot about the refugees situation, where they came from, reason, and how it was for them to start a new life in a new country and culture. They also learnt a lot about different cultures, and the need to be openminded when meeting people from other countries with another cultural background, both from another European country, and from Africa a"