Europe is facing a new and difficult challenge: a steady stream of refugees, that leaves countries and politicians unprepared and rather helpless. The Youth Exchange "Refugees on the Run" will take place in Grafenbach/Carinthia/Austria from the 1st to the 10th of August 2016 and will focus on the difficult situation of asylum seekers. The idea is to thoroughly discuss the topic and question the different policies in Europe in reaction to the situation. Our core intention is to seek an understanding for the matter from all perspectives: refugees, politicians, hosts, civil societies etc. We will discuss the topic from different angles: the worries people have, the danger of hate speech, intolerance, human rights and humanity, under which circumstances would I leave my own country?30 participants between the age of 14 and 19 from Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland and Austria will - accompanied by the group leaders -come to Austria for this Youth Exchange. They will learn to differentiate between the legal terms of refugee/asylum seeker and migrant.The main goal is to open all minds for tolerance and solidarity.In addition to specific workshops the participants will visit a refugee camp and will get in touch with refugees, volunteers, hosts and migrants who came to Austria several years ago. Due to the fact that all participants are obliged to have a basic knowledge of German the improvement of their language skill will be a positve side effect of this Youth Exchange.