Refugee Integration in Europe Since the ‘Crisis’

Peace, Timothy; Meer, Nasar

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“…First, the program we assess focuses on refugees and asylum seekers. These individuals represent arguably the most vulnerable class of immigrant admissions and often have the largest integration gaps (Bratsberg, Raaum, and Røed, 2017;Fasani, Frattini, and Minale, 2018;Peace and Meer, 2019). However, it remains possible that integration programs would be more effective in improving the social and political integration of other immigrant groups such as third country nationals.…”

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Do Integration Courses Promote Refugees’ Social and Political Integration? Evidence from Norway

Ferwerda¹,

Finseraas²

2022

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Many European countries have implemented mandatory integration courses for refugees and asylum seekers. While evaluations suggest that these programs can improve short-term economic outcomes, little is known about their effectiveness in promoting social and political integration over the long run. In this paper, we focus on the Norwegian Introductory Program, an intensive policy intervention which requires two years of full-time coursework. To identify the causal effect of the program, we leverage quasi-random variation in refugees' arrival dates during the roll-out period. Although we find positive effects on economic integration, we find that the program did not meaningfully influence social or political integration over the long run, as measured via annual administrative data on residential patterns, union membership, intermarriage, citizenship, and validated turnout in local and national elections. This conclusion is further supported by an analysis of the effect of the program on political and social attitudes. Our findings suggest that while introductory programs may improve refugees' economic situation, mandatory coursework is nevertheless ineffective at promoting integration across other domains.

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Do Integration Courses Promote Refugees’ Social and Political Integration? Evidence from Norway

Ferwerda¹,

Finseraas²

2022

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“…Flatau et al 2015;Francis and Hiebert 2014), it is often material that is single case focused and ethnographically drivenboth of which are assets in understanding the migration experience. Less well established however are multi-case policy governance accounts, especially charting contemporary developments (cf Peace and Meer 2019). This is surprising since the academic and policy literature share in common a view that 'housing is a fundamental question to be faced from both short-term and long-term perspectives' (CLRA 2017, p. 33).…”

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Governing displaced migration in Europe: housing and the role of the “local”

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di-Maio

Hill

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This article will explore the extent to which a focus on the ‘local’ can tell us something meaningful about recent developments in the governance of displaced migrants and refugees. Taking a multi-sited approach spanning cases in the south and north of Europe, we consider how the challenge of housing and accommodation in particular, a core sector of migrant reception and integration, can shed light on the ways local and city level approaches may negotiate, and sometimes diverge from, national level policy and rhetoric. While it can be said that despite variation, local authorities are by definition ultimately ‘always subordinate’ (Emilsson, Comparative Migration Studies, 3: 1-17, 2015: 4), they can also show evidence of ‘decoupling’ across geographies of policy delivery (Pope and Meyer, European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 3: 280–305, 2016: 290). This article traces how possible local variations in different European cases are patterned by ground-level politics, local strategic networks, and pre-existing economic resources in a manner that is empirically detailed through the study of housing.

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“…In Italy, reception and integration of asylum seekers became a topical issue as the country was confronted with new emergencies, in particular since the last emergency, which is reflective of a more general trend in Europe (Peace & Meer, 2019).…”

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Rethinking the Economics and the Governance of Reception of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants: The Case of Italy

Ricard-Guay

2019

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The significant numbers of arrivals through the Central Mediterranean route to Italy between 2014 and 2017 have put the Italian reception system under pressure, and pushed its rapid expansion. This paper examines how the governance of reception has evolved between 2011 and 2018, a time during which the reception system went through two major yet contrasting reforms while at the same time facing an emergency. Based on desk research and qualitative interviews with reception workers, the paper looks simultaneously at the interplay between the changes in terms of regulations, actors and modalities, and the economic aspects of reception governance. The paper adopts the concept of moral economy of reception, which enables to analyse the evolving context in which are differentiated those deserving and undeserving of reception, and the meaning attached to reception. The changes in the governance of reception has also brought changes in the moral economy of reception, shifting from some form of solidarity to discriminatory moral economy based on a hierarchy of deservedness.

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Refugee Integration in Europe Since the ‘Crisis’

Cited by 3 publications

References 81 publications

Do Integration Courses Promote Refugees’ Social and Political Integration? Evidence from Norway

Do Integration Courses Promote Refugees’ Social and Political Integration? Evidence from Norway

Governing displaced migration in Europe: housing and the role of the “local”

Rethinking the Economics and the Governance of Reception of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Other Migrants: The Case of Italy

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