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Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: SWEDEN Country Report

Önver Cetrez, Valerie DeMarinis, Johanna Pettersson, Mudar Shakra with contribution by:

Rajon Arifuzzaman, Pauline Fritz, Ala Sivets | Uppsala University

This report explores the Swedish integration policies and practices as well as their implementation as experienced by newcomers. Integration refers to the permanent settlement period that sets in after the acquisition of a permanent residence permit, or when one starts mentally adapting to the host society. Through a multilevel governance approach, it highlights how legal, political, and institutional integration frameworks in Sweden affect integration outcomes. The latter refers specifically to the way newcomers establish themselves in the new society and negotiate their new social position.

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020July 20, 2020Uppsala University, SwedenComment

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: United Kingdom Country Report

Naures Atto, Catherine Hirst, Victoria Hall | University of Cambridge

This report provides an overview of the legal and policy framework of integration policies in the UK and explains the main contours of immigrant integration. The report looks into policies (macro-level), practices of stakeholders (meso-level) and experiences of immigrants (microlevel) in five thematic fields: a) labour market, b) education, c) housing and spatial integration, d) psychosocial health and e) citizenship and belonging. The report draws on…

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020July 15, 2020University of Cambridge, UKComment

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: AUSTRIA Country Report

Ivan Josipovic, Ursula Reeger | Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)

This report deals with different aspects of integration of asylum seekers and beneficiaries of international protection in Austria. A series of interviews with these groups (conducted in 2018) reveals that their primary concerns relate to the two integration dimensions of labour market participation and language acquisition. Following a period of legal limbo during the asylum procedure…

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020June 17, 2020Institute for Urban and Regional Research Austrian Academy of Sciences, AustriaComment

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: ITALY Country Report

Renato Ibrido, Claudia Marchese | University of Florence

The Italian case is characterised by a considerable delay in the development of a model of integration. Indeed, with a long tradition as a country of emigration, Italy has been culturally less well equipped to face the challenges of a multicultural society. Moreover, the country’s geographical position – which impedes an efficient control of the borders – has incentivised policies to contain the arrivals rather than to promote integration.

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020June 15, 2020University of Florence, ItalyComment

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: GREECE Country Report

Nadina Leivaditi, Evangelia Papatzani, Aggelos Ilias, Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

This report is part of the fifth Work Package of RESPOND and deals with issues related to refugee integration, aiming to present and discuss legislative measures and policies, the integration practices followed by state and non-state actors and the experiences of asylum seekers and refugees with regards to integration in Greece in the period 2011-2019. The report draws from the EU principles and key policy priorities on integration as they are shaped through…

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020June 10, 2020University of the Aegean, GreeceComment

Reception Policies, Practices & Responses: Comparative Reception Policy Typology

Alexander K. Nagel - Göttingen University | Prof. Ayhan Kaya - Bilgi University

In this comparative report we develop a typology of reception governance, which allows for a country comparative perspective on reception measures for refugees. The term “reception governance” is to comprise both reception policies (i.e. a system of principles to guide decisions), decision-making and actual practices. The main rationale for the construction of the typology is that reception governance does not constitute a policy field or domain…

Reception Policies, Policy Typology, Comparative ReportRESPOND Horizon2020June 8, 2020Bilgi University, Göttingen University, Austria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Sweden, Turkey, UK, PolandComment

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: GERMANY Country Report

J. Eduardo Chemin, Alexander K. Nagel | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

This report is about Germany's integration system. Germany is a “reluctant” immigration country. Despite its post-World-War-II history of immigration, Germany has never adopted a coherent strategy or policy of integration. Immigration was considered a transitory phenomenon as the notorious term “guest workers” suggests. Considering the expected return of immigrants to their countries of origin, integration policy making has long remained implicit. Recent processes of refugee immigration have opened a policy window for a more…

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020June 4, 2020Göttingen University, GermanyComment

Integration Policies, Practices & Experiences: TURKEY Country Report

Susan Beth Rottmann | Özyeğin University

This Integration in Turkey Country Report focuses on integration policies, practices and responses to refugee immigration between 2011 and 2019. The report is composed of two main parts. First, the report defines integration according to EU guidelines and specifically as “differential inclusion” (Cases-Cortes et al 2015, p. 79-80). It provides an overview of Turkey’s integration policy discourses, in particular the evolution of “guest,” “charity,” “hospitality” and “social harmony” discourses prominent in the country. The report reviews…

Integration PoliciesRESPOND Horizon2020June 1, 2020Ozyegin University, TurkeyComment

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