Becoming citizens: Europe’s major obstacle to 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. The OECD observes that most EU countries are much less successful. The EU’s Statistical Body, Eurostat, reports that recently only 3 out of every 100 non-EU immigrants have been able to become national—and by extension—EU citizens...
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.  Only a few confident countries like Portugal and Sweden encourage political participation and access to nationality:...
 
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