Intragroup comparative study on achievement of second generation Chinese newcomer

There are many challenges that immigrants to new countries face. Complicating efforts to understand and research these challenges are any ingrained attitudes surrounding immigration and the vast differences in attitudes and levels of immigration in each country. Not every place is the same, nor are all immigrants the same, even if they come from the same country. This makes comparisons of what was successful in one place difficult to make. For example, a country like the US, which has a longer history of immigration may have more established systems and theories on immigration and integration than a country like Japan, where historically, immigration has been low. In the US, immigrants from China are considered to have been successful in thriving and creating a Chinese-American population, but the situation is very different for the increasing Chinese-Japanese population found in Japan. Assistant Professor Kohei Tsubota and Research Associate Lifeng Liu are focusing their research on the second-generation Chinese immigrant population in Japan, in particular how an immigrant child can overcome disadvantages in a society that has no immigrant integration policy, and also, how the disparity structure and gender inequality of Chinese society affect their educational attainment after coming to Japan.

Sweden’s immigrant integration policy: the role of language

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.

Stakeholder Attitudes and Factors Affecting Multiculturalism and Immigrant Integration Policy in South Korea

This study analyzes the attitudes of core policy stakeholders in South Korea to multiculturalism and immigrant integration policies, as well as the factors affecting such attitudes, and suggests theoretical and policy implications. I conducted a survey of public officials, program operators, and academics. The responses suggest that public officials, program operators, and academics in Korea have more positive expectations for immigrants’ societal contributions and less fear of social clashes or conflicts due to increasing immigration, compared to the general public. They prefer the assimilationist model, which means that immigrants fully adopt the Korean culture and language as a matter of integration policy. The study sheds light on the stakeholders’ attitudes to multiculturalism and immigration integration policy, how their views differ from the general public, and the causes and policy implications of these differences.

Immigration and Immigrant Integration Policy

Danish immigration and immigrant integration policy has changed dramatically over the past forty to 50 years, from occupying one of the most liberal positions in Western Europe in the 1980s to becoming one of the most restrictive in 2019. This policy shift has not least attracted international attention and led commentators to suggest that the Danes must be exceptionally anti-immigrant. This chapter investigates the drivers of policy change. It demonstrates that Danish public opinion may have been a necessary but not a sufficient condition for pushing immigration and immigrant integration policy in a more restrictive direction. Instead, party political dynamics and associated politicization pressures were decisive factors in the development of the policy field. In closing, the chapter considers the potential effects of these policy changes on both majority-minority relations and immigrant integration outcomes in Denmark.