It is not only Russia, however, that sees problems in the Baltic countries’ approach to immigration. Foreigners have more difficulty in becoming citizens of the Baltic states than anywhere else in the EU, according to the Migrant Integration Policy Index, a project of the British Council and a coalition of research and advocacy groups in Europe and North America. The Council of Europe recently proposed that Estonia waive the language requirement and allow non-citizens to become members of political parties...Read more
Transitions online: For Estonia’s Russian Speakers, Two Decades with a Gray Passport
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.
