scholarly journals From immigration to integration - can we learn from countries with elaborated immigrant integration policies?

2018 ◽  
pp. 639-649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vesna Lukic
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Complex Relation ◽  
Integration Management ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
Measurement And Evaluation ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy

The paper discusses the concept of a multidimensional and multidirectional process of immigrant integration, as well as the complex relation of immigration and integration policies. Although the growing importance of transnational perspective in migration studies suggests the reframing and redefining of the immigrant integration concept, immigration and integration are primarily in the competence of the receiving countries. In this respect, measurement and evaluation of integration makes the basis for integration management. Monitoring of the changes in the field of immigrants? rights and opportunities for integration in the receiving country?s society enables the formulation and adjustment of appropriate general and specific policies. Assessment and comparison of the level of development and characteristics of national integration policies, based on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), is an introduction into discussion on how different European countries are facing the issue of integration of immigrants from the perspective of eight policy areas. The analysis has been undertaken with the aim of pointing to the position of Serbia among the European countries, observed according to the degree of development of the immigrant integration policies, as well as the corresponding changes in the 2012-2014 period. Based on the analysis presented, it can be concluded that there is a need to encourage further elaboration and implementation of appropriate immigrant integration policy and measures, whereby Serbia should use the experience of countries that have high achievements in this field. This is particularly significant in those areas where there are low values of MIPEX indicators for Serbia (health, education) as well as their negative trend (political participation, access to nationality). In these areas state-supported targeted measures are needed. However, they can not be fully applicable given the small immigrant population and insufficient financial resources in Serbia.

How Migration Policy Shapes the Subjective Well-Being of the Non-immigrant Population in European Countries

2021 ◽  
pp. 002202212110015
Author(s):  
Alexander Tatarko ◽  
Tomas Jurcik ◽  
Andreas Hadjar
Keyword(s):  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Immigrant Population ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
Migrant Integration Policies

Existing studies show that there is a positive association between pro-migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of immigrants. However, there is a lack of research elucidating the relations between migrant integration policies and the subjective well-being of the host (i.e., non-migrant) population. This study is based on European data and uses multilevel analysis to clarify the relations between migrant integration policy (both as a whole and its eight separate components such as: Labor market mobility and Family reunion) and the subjective well-being of the non-immigrant population in European countries. We examined relations between the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) for 22 countries in Europe and subjective well-being, as assessed by the European Social Survey (ESS) data. The results demonstrated that there is a positive relation between the MIPEX and subjective well-being for non-immigrants. Considering different components of the MIPEX separately, we found most of them being positively related to the subjective well-being of non-immigrants. As no negative relationship was identified between any of the eight MIPEX components and subjective well-being, policies in favor of immigrant integration also seem to benefit the non-immigrant population.

Monitoring the impact of doing nothing: New trends in immigrant integration policy

Ethnicities ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Westerveen ◽  
Ilke Adam
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Gender Mainstreaming ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
New Strategy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
Ethnic Monitoring

‘Mainstreaming’ has recently been considered as a possible new strategy for advancing immigrant integration in Europe. However, policy documents and current academic literature have hardly conceptualized what we label as ‘ethnic equality mainstreaming’. In this article, we lean on the widely available research on gender mainstreaming, to provide such a conceptualization of ethnic equality mainstreaming. Once conceptualized, we verify whether there is indeed a trend towards mainstreaming in Western Europe's old immigration countries. Our results show that there is no straightforward trend towards ethnic equality mainstreaming in these countries. However, the indicators that served to detect the existence of ethnic equality mainstreaming allowed us to uncover a new double and paradoxical trend in immigrant integration policies. This ‘new style’ immigrant integration policy can be depicted as follows: increasing ‘colourblindization’, in combination with ‘ethnic monitoring’. In other words, states increasingly monitor the impact of ‘doing nothing’.

scholarly journals Lessons From Migrant Integration Into European Societies

European View ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 36-44
Author(s):  
Claudia Cajvan
Keyword(s):  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
European Law ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Member States ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Effective Policy ◽  
Migrant Integration

The article examines the immigration and integration policies of France, Sweden, Germany and Denmark. It argues that there is a need for a more unified understanding of the concept of integration throughout the member states. Although European law does not regulate the issue of immigrant integration as it is a competence of the member states, there is a need for a unified understanding of integration. Denmark’s integration policy is described as an example of an effective policy that ought to be emulated, in contrast to those of other countries. The article concludes that the problems France, Sweden and Germany face in integrating newcomers are partly due to a lack of consensus about what integration ought to be.

scholarly journals The Role of Cities in the Integration of Immigrants in Europe

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-181
Author(s):  
Lucyna Rajca
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
National Level ◽  
Diversity Management ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Large Cities ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Intercultural Integration

In the era of migration, cities play an important role in integrating immigrants and promoting social cohesion. Sometimes they create and implement integration policies different from these at a national level. The state-run civic integration programs question the thesis of the growing role of cities as these programs have resulted in centralizing integration policies and reducing their role. In recent years, large European cities have been implementing a cultural diversity management model referred to as “intercultural integration”. They have also adopted mainstream policies targeted at the entire population. In terms of immigrant integration policy Polish large cities have recently been following a pattern set by their Western European counterparts. This results from the availability of European funds and trends towards cultural diversity rather than challenges.

Sweden’s immigrant integration policy: the role of language

2020 ◽  
pp. 133-137
Author(s):  
Vladyslav Butenko ◽  
Aleksei Chekmazov
Keyword(s):  
Language Policy ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Host Society ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Immigrants And Refugees ◽  
Political Discourses ◽  
Integration Of Immigrants ◽  
Migration Flows ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy

The increase in migration flows in 2010–2011 and 2015–2016 has brought the issue of immigrants’ integration in European countries to a qualitatively new level. The integration of immigrants and refugees is one of the central topics in academic and political discourses. This essay presents short analysis of the Swedish language policy towards integration of immigrants and refugees. The importance of this topic is determined by the fact that language is one of the instruments of inclusion in the host society.

scholarly journals Developing immigrant integration policy in the Irish public sector: An international human rights and public sector duty approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clíodhna Murphy ◽  
Leanne Caulfield ◽  
Mary Gilmartin
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
International Human ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
Public Bodies

AbstractThis paper outlines a new approach to the development of immigrant integration policy in Ireland that is informed by an international human rights and public sector duty perspective. Based on a comprehensive review, the paper outlines the current state of immigrant integration policies in the Irish public sector, highlighting the limited awareness of this issue among public bodies. It also provides practical guidance for public bodies wishing to develop more effective immigrant integration policies, drawing from international human rights treaties and from examples of policy development in Ireland. Given the reality that Ireland is now a well-established immigrant-receiving country, the paper concludes that Ireland urgently needs a coherent and comprehensive approach to the development of immigrant integration policy. A human-rights-based approach offers such a method and would allow Ireland, through its public sector, to become a leader in immigrant integration policy development. This approach requires the elaboration of specific integration policies in order to ensure that migrant populations can practically access fundamental human rights such as housing, education, healthcare and employment.

Integration policies and threat perceptions following the European migration crisis: New insights into the policy-threat nexus

2021 ◽  
pp. 002071522110506
Author(s):  
David De Coninck ◽  
Giacomo Solano ◽  
Willem Joris ◽  
Bart Meuleman ◽  
Leen d’Haenens
Keyword(s):  
Integration Policy ◽  
Media Freedom ◽  
Threat Perceptions ◽  
Integration Policies ◽  
Migrant Integration ◽  
Migration Crisis ◽  
Policy Threat ◽  
European Migration ◽  
Do So

The link between integration policies and intergroup attitudes or threat perceptions has received considerable attention. However, no studies so far have been able to explore how this relationship changed following the European migration crisis due to a lack of recent comparative policy data. Using new MIPEX data, this is the first study to examine mechanisms underlying the policy-threat nexus following the European migration crisis, distinguishing between several strands of integration policies, and realistic and symbolic threat. To do so, we combine 2017 Eurobarometer data with 2017 Migrant Integration Policy data, resulting in a sample of 28,080 respondents nested in 28 countries. The analyses also control for economic conditions, outgroup size, and media freedom. Multilevel analyses indicate that respondents living in countries with more inclusive integration policies in general report lower realistic and symbolic threat. When investigating different policy strands, we find that inclusive policies regarding political participation and access to nationality for immigrants are associated with lower realistic and symbolic threat. We compare our findings to those from prior to the European migration crisis and discuss the potential role of this crisis in the policy-threat nexus.

scholarly journals The Analysis of Effective Immigrant Integration Policy in Lithuania: Practice and Problems

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-438
Author(s):  
Gabrielė Čepeliauskaitė
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
National Level ◽  
Policy Formation ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
General Idea ◽  
Integration Policy ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Immigrant Integration Policy ◽  
European Migration ◽  
The Eu

Immigrant integration policy is one of the most important issues in political discourse and is likely to remain so in the future. The article investigates the effectiveness of immigrant integration policy formation in Lithuania. According to  theoretical insights, the general idea of integration includes the national reorganization of social and political areas for the inclusion of new immigrants, when legal, social, cultural and political rights are deliberately expanded for the immigrants in the host country. The analysis of legal documents reveals that the EU-level European Migration Agenda (2015) sets common priorities focusing on highly skilled workers, when at the same time Immigration Policy Guidelines (2008) determines general directions and principles of immigrant integration at the national level. It is necessary to highlight the point that the document does not set a specific goals, objectives, measures or evaluation criteria of immigration policy. The quantitative Eurostat (2016), European Migration Network (2017) and Statistics Lithuania (2004–2017) data analysis showed that among the EU member states Lithuania's attractiveness for immigrants is low and the implementation of immigration policy can not create a counterweight to the aging population and large emigration. In conclusion, the Immigration Policy Guidelines (2008) provided at national level are not sufficiently specific and clear to ensure effective integration of immigrants in Lithuania.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.ppaa.17.3.21956

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