Integration Practice in Europe: A Qualitative Study of the Views of Senior Professionals (full text)

• Main Authors: MacDonagh, Peter, Creta, Sara, Murphy, Sile, Mackin, Martin
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: integration practice; migration; Europe; FOCUS_H2020; policy; knowledge; evaluation; Iceland
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4697252; https://zenodo.org/record/4697252

The FOCUS project’s work will be directly relevant to better understanding factors influencing integration and implementing more effective integration programmes. As an early stage of this work a series of in depth interviews were undertaken with senior professionals working in governmental and non governmental organisations active in the field. A total of 31 senior professionals responsible for policy development and/or programme implementation in governmental and non governmental organisations were interviewed. The organisations are both from the EU level and a mix of 7 countries with differing experiences of refugees in recent years. The interviews were carried out in the period Feb-May 2019. : This is the full-text summary of this study. : {"references": ["Aliyyah, A. & Banulescu-Bogdan, N., 2019. Communicating Strategically About Immigrant Integration: Policymaker Perspectives, Brussels: MPI-E.", "Beirens, H. & Ahad, A., 2019. Money Wise: Improving how EU funds support migration and integration practice objectives, Brussels: MPI-E.", "Benton, M. & Embricos, A., 2019. Doing More with Less: A new toolkit for integration policy, Brussels: MPI.", "Benton, M., Silva, A. & Sommerville, W., 2018. Applying Behavioural Insights to Support Immigrant Integration and Social Cohesion, Brussels: MPI-E.", "Bijl, R. & Verweij, A. eds., 2012. Measuring and monitoring immigrant integration in Europe. The Hague: Netherlands Institute for Social Research.", "Careja, R., 2018. Making good citizens: local authorities' integration measures navigate national policies and local realities. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 45(8), pp. 1327-1344.", "Dekker, R., Emilsson, H., Krieger, B. & Scholten, P., 2015. A local dimension of integration policies? A comparative study of Berlin, Malmo and Rotterdam. International Migration Review, 49(3), pp. 633-658.", "Dubus, N., 2019. Welcoming refugee families: a qualitative study of 20 professionals' views of resettlement of Syrian families in Iceland. International Social Work, pp. 1-13.", "ECRE; UNHCR, 2018. Follow the money: Assessing the use of EU Asylum, Migration and Integration funding at national level., Brussels: ECRE & UNHCR.", "European Commission Directorate General for Internal Policies, 2013. Comparative study on the best practices for the integration of resettled refugees in the EU member states, Brussels: European Commission.", "European Commission, 2017. Special Eurobarometer 469: Integration of immigrants in the European Union, Brussels: European Commission.", "European Commission, 2018. Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the Asylum and Migration Fund, Brussels: European Commission.", "European Migrant Advisory Board, 2019. Ask The People: A Consultation of Migrants and Refugees, Brussels: EMAB.", "Gonz\u00e1lez Garibay, M. & De Cuyper, P., 2018. Is there an evidence basis for immigrant integration policies?. Nordic Journal of Migration Research, 8(1), pp. 15-24.", "Hallsworth, M., Parker, S. & Rutter, J., 2011. Policy Making in the Real World: Evidence and Analysis, London: Institute for Government.", "Scholten, P., 2018. 'Research-Policy Relations and Migration Studies'. In: R. Zapata-Barrero & E. Yalez, eds. Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies. s.l.:SpringerOpen, pp. 287-302.", "Scholten, P., Entziger, H., Penning, R. & Verbeek, S. eds., 2015. Integration of Immigrants in Europe: Research Policy Dialogues. London: SpringerOpen.", "Zapata-Barrero, R. & Yalez, E. eds., (2018). Qualitative Research in European Migration Studies. s.l.: SpringerOpen."]}