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Building a Mosaic: The Evolution of Canada’s Approach to Immigrant Integration
Canada's immigrant integration model has evolved from race-based selection criteria to a skills-focused, multiculturalism-grounded system. Yet persistent challenges remain.
Safe or Sorry? Prospects for Britons in the European Union after Brexit
UK nationals living elsewhere in the European Union face legal, labour-market, and social security challenges after Brexit that are likely to persist regardless of whether a deal is reached.
Engaging Communities in Refugee Protection: The potential of private sponsorship in Europe
Private refugee sponsorship can expand legal pathways to protection and improve integration, but European programmes must resolve three core design tensions to succeed.
Thinking Outside the Camp: Syrian Refugees in Istanbul
The vast majority of the 3.1 million Syrians in Turkey in 2017 lived in cities, not camps, placing pressure on underfunded, legally constrained municipalities.
In search of common values amid large-scale immigrant integration pressures
Shared values programmes in Europe narrowly target newcomers. This as domestic values remain contested and minority restrictions risk deepening the divisions they aim to resolve.
Estonian Citizenship Policy: The Restoration of a Country Leads to Statelessness for Some
What happens when a country reverts to an earlier citizenship policy? When Estonia did just that after gaining independence in 1991, a new class of stateless residents emerged, comprised of Soviet-era Russian-speaking migrants and their descendants. This article explores the effects of Estonia's post-Soviet citizenship policy on its Russian-speaking population, particularly with regard to political participation and civic engagement.
Strife Abroad, Responses at Home: Muslims in the West and Conflict Spillover
Diaspora conflict in migrant-destination countries hinges on integration quality, community leadership, and screening, this comparison of Muslim communities in London and Detroit shows.
Immigration and its Discontents: European Elections and Future Policy
The increasing strength of Marine Le Pen’s National Front ahead of the French elections, along with the recent Dutch elections, Brexit, and Donald Trump's election to the White House demonstrate how immigration is a motivating issue for increasing numbers of voters. This webinar explores the implications of this support for radical change.
Straddling Two Worlds: Highly Skilled Migrants from Senegambia and Switzerland
Skilled migration between Senegambia and Switzerland shares citizenship motivations but diverges in how each group is perceived in its host country.
The Dutch Elections: How to lose and still shape the direction of a country—and possibly a continent?
Though Geert Wilders finished second in the 2017 Dutch elections, his anti-immigration agenda measurably pushed mainstream parties rightward across the political spectrum.
