A few examples:Canada ranked fifth on the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX), which measures the migrant integration policies of twenty-five EU Member States and three non-EU countries. This ranking placed Canada amongst the countries whose integration policies were considered overall to be partially favourable. On the individual ranking criteria, Canada placed fifth for labour market access, fourth for family reunification policies, fourth for access to nationality, and third for anti-discrimination law. However, Canada received a critically unfavourable ranking for electoral rights and consultative bodies for political participation...
Migrants do not have the right to vote in the Czech Republic. They can only build their own associations if at least three Czech citizens are part of it and they cannot join political parties. However, the national government consults representatives of migrants’ associations...
Immigrants have to pay a fee of 1500 Euro to submit their application. The Greek authorities can decide to withdraw the nationality even after some years and even if that leaves the person stateless...
Recognition of the level of education and diplomas varies depending on the country of origin of the foreigners.33 According to the MIPEX, “these procedures often are too long, expensive and heavily bureaucratic” in Portugal...Read more
IOM: Compendium of Migrant Integration Policies and Practices
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.
