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Migrants in the public discourse: between media, policies and public opinion. New Contexts and Challenges in Europe
No full textMigration policymaking in Europe: the dynamics of actors and contexts in past and present
No full textThis important work by Giovanna Zincone, Rinus Penninx, Maren Borkert analyses immigration and immigrant inclusion policies in ten European countries, examining how such policies are formed and subsequently implemented. The study singles out the important role of usually overlooked factors and actors that significantly affect policymaking alongside the formal legal framework. It also identifies similarities and diversities in European immigration policies
Problems of and solutions for the study of immigrant integration
No full textAbstract In his contribution, Willem Schinkel makes critical observations on the concept of immigrant integration and its use in Europe, specifically in the Netherlands. Three of these are agreeable: there is a lot of fuzziness around the concept; there is clearly selectivity and normativity in its use in political rhetoric and in research; there is also a strong influence of politics and policy on what is researched and how. However, Schinkel’s diagnosis of why these shortcomings exist and whose shortcomings these are, is erratic. Firstly, he does not recognize that the concept of integration has fundamental different functions in research and in policy. That makes his diagnosis of why the integration concept in research is problematic misleading. Secondly, Schinkel’s analysis focuses on the assumed function of research: “..it plays a crucial role in the problematization of migrant others” and “it is part of the contingent way in which ‘immigrant integration’ sustains a classed and raced form of dominance that is less precisely called ‘native’ or even ‘nativist’ than ‘white’.” Such sweeping interpretations lead Schinkel to plea “for a social science against immigrant integration policy”, whatever that would mean. The author of this article offers an alternative solution to problems of research that Schinkel signalizes. It includes three main elements: a) a broad, heuristic, scientific definition of the process of integration that studies the (outcomes of) interaction between newcomers and the receiving society at three levels (individual, collective and institutional), taking into account three dimensions of that process: the juridical/legal, the socioeconomic and the cultural/religious dimension. Such a definition is (and should be) independent of any policy concept of integration. b) studying integration policies as fundamentally different from the analysis of the process of integration; the former should be studied as – by definition normative, politics driven - efforts to steer integration processes. c) researchers should be aware of the consequences of policy-research-relations (particularly funding) and assure their scientific independence
Migrants in the public discourse: between media, policies and public opinion. New Contexts and Challenges in Europe
No full textIntegration of Beneficiaries of International Protection in the Baltic States
No full textMaģistra darba “Starptautiskās aizsardzības saņēmēju integrācija Baltijas valstīs” ietvaros tiek analizēts starptautiskās aizsardzības saņēmēju jeb bēgļa un alternatīvā statusa turētāju integrācijas process un mehānismi Baltijas valstīs, izmantojot modificētu trīs dimensiju imigrantu integrācijas analīzes modeli, ko oriģināli ir izstrādājuši Rinuss Penninkss (Rinus Penninx) un Blanka Garsesa-Maskarenjasa (Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas). Dimensijas, kas iekļautas analīzes modelī, ir: legāli-politiskā, sociālekonomiskā, kultūras-reliģiskā. Darba mērķis ir sniegt pārskatu par šī brīža situāciju starptautiskās aizsardzības saņēmēju integrācijas jomā, esošajiem atbalsta mehānismiem un būtiskākajām problēmām, kā arī veikt salīdzinošo analīzi starp trim Baltijas valstīm, noslēgumā piedāvājot arī iespējamus mehānismu uzlabojumus. Darba ietvaros autore analizēja gan iepriekš veiktus pētījumus, statistikas datus un citu publiski pieejamo informāciju, gan veica oriģinālas intervijas ar valsts institūciju un nevalstisko organizāciju pārstāvjiem no visām trim Baltijas valstīm.The master’s thesis “Integration of beneficiaries of international protection in the Baltic States” examines the integration process and available support mechanisms in the Baltic States for beneficiaries of international protection (refugee and subsidiary protection status holders), using a modified three-dimension immigrant integration analysis model, originally developed by Rinus Penninx un Blanca Garcés-Mascareñas. The three dimensions included in the analysis model are: legal-political, socio-economic, and cultural-religious. The aim of the research is to provide an overview of the current situation in terms of the integration of beneficiaries of international protection, the existing support mechanisms and major challenges, and to carry out a comparative analysis between the three Baltic States, and, finally, offering possible improvements to the mechanisms. During the research, the author analyzed previous studies carried out by other researchers, statistical data and other publicly available information, as well as conducted original interviews with representatives of state institutions and non-governmental organizations from all three Baltic States
Integration processes of migrants. Research findings and policy challenges
No full textThis contribution discusses the integration processes of immigrants and minorities with a recent immigrant background, and the policies related to the process of settlement of these newcomers in European societies at all relevant levels: from the local level of municipalities and cities, to the national level of states, and the international level of the European Union. Within this general approach, however, a strong emphasis is put on the local level, since that is the level where such policies have to be implemented and are primarily felt, both by the immigrants themselves and by those parts of society that are most affected by immigration. To describe the current state of integration research and policies, this paper will explore in the first section the nature of integration processes, their conceptualisation and lessons from empirical studies. The reason for devoting some space to these topics is the assertion that any integration policy should be based on a thorough, scientifically-based knowledge of the processes of integration and exclusion: if a policy wants to steer such a process, it should have a clear idea of what instruments it can use possibly to intervene, in which part of the process, and at what particular moment. Such knowledge is a solid starting point for policy-making, but it is not enough. Processes of policy-making and implementation follow their own set course, which do not necessarily run parallel to the process of integration. That is why, in the following section, the author attempts to explain some of these processes. At the end of this paper he returns to the core questions of immigration and integration policies on the one hand, and the relationship between local, national and international integration policies on the other
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