Towards a sustainable economic integration: Policy and practice
This explorative study shows that immigrants are as heterogeneous as their needs for services and support. It is not always the case, however, that these measures reflect the heterogeneity of the immigrant population and their needs. Our research objective is to find ways that integration authoritie...
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ftulaplandcdispu:oai:lacris.ulapland.fi:publications/583cec1d-d189-43fb-874d-487653629fdd 2023-05-15T14:25:08+02:00 Towards a sustainable economic integration: Policy and practice Yeasmin, Nafisa Heikkilä, Elli Yeasmin, Nafisa Uusiautti, Satu Koivurova, Timo Heleniak, Timothy 2022 https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/583cec1d-d189-43fb-874d-487653629fdd https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003185024 eng eng Palgrave Macmillan info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Yeasmin , N & Heikkilä , E 2022 , Towards a sustainable economic integration: Policy and practice . in N Yeasmin , S Uusiautti , T Koivurova & T Heleniak (eds) , The Future of the Arctic Human Population : Migration in the North . Palgrave Macmillan , Routledge Research in Polar Regions . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003185024 /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/14/2 Social policy bookPart 2022 ftulaplandcdispu https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003185024 2022-10-13T05:54:56Z This explorative study shows that immigrants are as heterogeneous as their needs for services and support. It is not always the case, however, that these measures reflect the heterogeneity of the immigrant population and their needs. Our research objective is to find ways that integration authorities could utilize policies in order for immigrants to benefit from them more than before. We also focus our view on immigrants’ heterogeneity, which is a phenomenon that is not considered as a significant problem, although it is widely recognized that immigrants are from different cultures and backgrounds. However, this is not recognized officially in order to emphasize policies and their implementation. Our research argues that all policies should be approached in a versatile yet pragmatic way. Policies need to be developed to better meet the diverse needs of the varied immigrant groups in Finland. As a result, one integration plan or policy is simply not suitable for all groups of people. The fact that many good policies regarding immigrant integration do not seem to work well in practice demonstrates that we have to implement them more specifically on a case-to-case basis. Book Part Arctic LaCRIS - University of Lapland Current Research System London |
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This explorative study shows that immigrants are as heterogeneous as their needs for services and support. It is not always the case, however, that these measures reflect the heterogeneity of the immigrant population and their needs. Our research objective is to find ways that integration authorities could utilize policies in order for immigrants to benefit from them more than before. We also focus our view on immigrants’ heterogeneity, which is a phenomenon that is not considered as a significant problem, although it is widely recognized that immigrants are from different cultures and backgrounds. However, this is not recognized officially in order to emphasize policies and their implementation. Our research argues that all policies should be approached in a versatile yet pragmatic way. Policies need to be developed to better meet the diverse needs of the varied immigrant groups in Finland. As a result, one integration plan or policy is simply not suitable for all groups of people. The fact that many good policies regarding immigrant integration do not seem to work well in practice demonstrates that we have to implement them more specifically on a case-to-case basis. |
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Yeasmin , N & Heikkilä , E 2022 , Towards a sustainable economic integration: Policy and practice . in N Yeasmin , S Uusiautti , T Koivurova & T Heleniak (eds) , The Future of the Arctic Human Population : Migration in the North . Palgrave Macmillan , Routledge Research in Polar Regions . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003185024 |
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