RT Journal Article
T1 Interpreting for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in the South of Spain: How University Interpreter Training can Respond to Real Needs Identified by Stakeholders
T2 Interpretación para refugiados y solicitantes de asilo en el sur de España: Cómo la formación de intérpretes universitarios puede responder a las necesidades reales identificadas por las partes interesadas
A1 Relinque Barranca, Mariana
A1 Vigier-Moreno, Francisco Javier
K1 Asylum
K1 Employability
K1 International protection
K1 Interpreting
K1 Refugee
K1 Skills
K1 Training
AB In 2019, Spain became the country with the third highest number of asylum applications in the EU and it continues to be one of the top destinations for international migration (Migration Policy Institute 2022). This is a particularly pressing issue in the southernmost regions of Spain, namely the Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla and Andalusia, which have become the main gateway to Europe for those arriving by sea (Martín-Ruel 2021). As a result, the need for interpreting in international protection settings has increased, as these services prove essential for overcoming cross-linguistic and cross-cultural barriers, facilitating better integration of asylum applicants and refugees into the host society, and safeguarding their language rights (Wallace and Hernández 2017). In this article, we propose that the interpreter training provided by Andalusian universities can be used to respond to the needs identified in the international protection sector, thus contributing to the professionalization of the activity, and enhancing graduate employability in this field. To that end, we first describe the profile of an ideal interpreter for the stakeholders in international protection settings, then analyze current interpreting training programs, and finally suggest how specific training may be incorporated to provide better services in this field.
PB Johns Hopkins University Press
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21839
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10433/21839
LA en
NO Hispania Volume 106, Number 2, June 2023 pp. 283-296 10.1353/hpn.2023.a899433
NO Departamento de Filología y Traducción
DS RIO
RD May 9, 2026