5 ways to use the Migrant Integration Policy Index to Assess, Compare and Improve migrant integration policy...
The Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) is a tool in constant use and the website at WWW.MIPEX.EU is updated with news, analyses and updates from all the 31 MIPEX countries and more -
Look out for new country results from Australia and Japan coming soon and find out how they compare with European and North American policies to integrate migrants.
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The MIPEX is a tool to analyse changes in integration law and policies as they happen - as featured on the MIPEX blog:
Becoming citizens: Europe's major obstacle for integrating immigrants
Europe lets too few immigrants contribute to its public life. In traditional immigration countries like Australia and Canada, nearly all newcomers naturalise within just ten years of arrival.
Europe's integration policies are one of the major obstacles, according to our third Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX).
This evaluation of laws and policies in Europe and North America demonstrate that many countries create as many obstacles as they provide opportunities for full and active citizenship...
True Finns' policies would set back integration, Finland's achievements
True Finns: the choice facing mainstream parties and integration policy...
If Finnish politicians let the True Finns have their way on integration, Finland would drop more than any other country has on MIPEX. Its policies would no longer be "slightly favourable" for integration and become "below average" for established immigration countries in Europe.
VIDEO (3 min): How MIPEX was used to reform Greek citizenship laws
MIPEX Greek partner - Miltos Pavlou of i-RED - explains how he used MIPEX to pass Greek citizenship reform.
How can civil society and academics use research to change policies?
How did international examples help Greece move from unfavourable citizenship policies to the EU Average?
How can you use MIPEX to 'fact-check' the public debate?
What lessons can be learned by other new immigration countries like Italy?
You too can use MIPEX to:
Find out how your country's policies rank compared with other countries, why and how they can improve.
Use the MIPEX to design and assess new laws and proposals on an ongoing basis.
Track if policies are getting better or worse over time, and act on this knowledge.
Dig into real examples of how to improve policies and communicate these to policymakers.
Examine how policies compare against the standard of equal rights and responsibilities for migrants.
Send your examples to info@mipex.eu so we can publish and share them with integration policy actors across the globe.
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