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The role of immigrants, countries of emigration and countries of immigration in the integration process
Carmen Munteanu - Communications Coordinator
12 March 2014
A report has recently been published within the series of publications of INTERACT project - Researching Third Country Nationals’ Integration as a Three-way Process - Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration, co-financed by the European Union, on the conceptual framework of research. INTERACT explores the role of the countries of origin for the integration of immigrants in the countries of destination. The authors of the report - Anne Unterreiner and Agnieszka Weinar from Migration Policy Centre, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, within the European University Institute, Florence, analysed immigrants’ integration by introducing a new perspective as compared to previous studies: the role of the countries of origin. While most previous research has looked mainly at the role of immigrants, immigrant communities and countries of destination with respect to integration, the new approach highlights the importance of the relationships with the countries of origin and the latter’s actions for a successful integration.
The paper presents the conceptual framework of the project, which analyses various approaches of integration in the specialised literature, as well as the studies performed in nine key areas of integration: labour market, education, political participation, civic participation, social interactions, access to nationality, language, religion, and residential integration). The authors also build upon the results of previous INTERACT studies.
In the European Union (EU) there are currently about 25 million persons born in a third country, representing 5% of the total population. Immigrants’ integration is an active process, influenced both by the actions of the country of destination and by those of the country of origin. The research is oriented towards the first generation of immigrants with legal stay, and the novelty of the approach consists of the presence of countries of origin as key actors for the success of immigrants’ integration in the country of destination. Contrary to the expectation that the first generation breaks the connections with the country of origin, migrants are included in complex relationships with their country of origin, which influence their behaviour and integration perspectives.
Source: cadmus.eui.eu
The paper presents the conceptual framework of the project, which analyses various approaches of integration in the specialised literature, as well as the studies performed in nine key areas of integration: labour market, education, political participation, civic participation, social interactions, access to nationality, language, religion, and residential integration). The authors also build upon the results of previous INTERACT studies.
In the European Union (EU) there are currently about 25 million persons born in a third country, representing 5% of the total population. Immigrants’ integration is an active process, influenced both by the actions of the country of destination and by those of the country of origin. The research is oriented towards the first generation of immigrants with legal stay, and the novelty of the approach consists of the presence of countries of origin as key actors for the success of immigrants’ integration in the country of destination. Contrary to the expectation that the first generation breaks the connections with the country of origin, migrants are included in complex relationships with their country of origin, which influence their behaviour and integration perspectives.
Source: cadmus.eui.eu
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