This report on the further development and use of EU immigrant integration indicators in policy debates was prepared at the request of the European Commission by the European Services Network (ESN) and the Migration Policy Group (MPG). The report has been published recently and its results are a significant contribution to research on the development and use of such indicators.

The team brought together researchers and experts of MPG, the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Vienna. The initial research results were presented in discussions and seminars organised in 2012, attended by around 300 governmental and non-governmental integration actors and academics from all 27 Member States and Norway.

The final report has three parts. The first part explores how factors such as the personal characteristics of the immigrant population, the general context in the country and its specific migration and integration policies influence societal integration in four society areas: employment, education, social inclusion and active citizenship. Part II reconfirms the sources of the integration indicators considered within the report (EU - Labour Force Survey, EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, Eurostat migration statistics, OECD Programme for International Student Assessment). Part III presents different options of using indicators to understand national contexts and to assess integration policy outcomes. The full report is available here: http://www.migpolgroup.com/wp_mpg/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Final-report_Using-EU-indicators-of-Immigrant-Integration_June-2013.pdf.

Source: Migration Policy Group E-newsletter no. 36, August 2013