Alistair Ross, Emeritus Professor, London Metropolitan University, presented the recent results of the Migration Policy Index (www.mipex.eu), which assessed educational policies towards migrants in 31 states in Europe and North America. The education strand of the MIPEX III concentrated on evaluating four broad policy areas of each of the 31 countries: access to educational provision; policies targeting specific needs of migrants to promote equality of outcome; policies giving new opportunities supporting migrants in the wider community; policies directed at, and to affect, the population as a whole. Each of the measures produced very different results across Europe. The overall results indicate that the most engaged in education for migrants are Portugal, Belgium and the Nordic countries. There is substantial variation between countries...Read more
European Policy Centre: Education for inclusion
Thomas Huddleston
Policy Analyst, Migration Policy Group
Thomas Huddleston is a policy analyst at the Migration Policy Group, a European think-and-do-tank. He coordinates MPG’s research for European cooperation on national integration policies, including the second and third editions of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) (published in February 2011) and the third edition of the European Commission’s Handbook on Integration.
