Social Cohesion & Identity

Mainstreaming Immigrant Integration Policy in France: Education, employment, and social cohesion initiatives

France's ethnic statistics ban and geographic poverty focus make it nearly impossible to assess whether mainstream programs are reaching or benefiting immigrant youth.

The City Brand: Champion of Immigrant Integration or Empty Marketing Tool?

City brands that feature immigration and diversity can attract talent and build cohesion, but only when grounded in real economic assets and authentic community identity.

Advancing Outcomes for All Minorities: Experiences of mainstreaming immigrant integration policy in the United Kingdom

UK integration policy's minority-equality framing enables local innovation but risks marginalising integration and masking persistent disadvantages for specific groups.

Migration’s Local Dividends: How Cities and Regions Can Make the Most of Immigration (Transatlantic Council Statement)

Immigration benefits and challenges are asymmetrically distributed, and effective governance demands giving cities and regions a seat at the national policy table.

The Future of Immigrant Integration in Europe: Mainstreaming approaches for inclusion

Traditional integration policies fail to reach second and third generations, pushing European governments to mainstream integration into general social programmes.

Reaping the Benefits? Social security coordination for mobile EU citizens

EU social security coordination is poorly defined, inconsistently applied, and publicly distrusted—eroding support for both free movement and the welfare state.

Integrating Immigrant Youth: Transatlantic Perspectives

A four-city transatlantic study found uneven immigrant youth integration.

Addressing the Immigration Status of Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children

Integrating Europe's Muslim Minorities: Public Anxieties, Policy Responses

Integration of Muslim migrants in Europe raises questions at the heart of public anxieties about immigration.

The Educational and Labor Market Trajectories of Young Adult Children of Immigrants in Europe and the United States

A panel discussion and book launch with Maurice Crul, Professor of Sociology at Erasmus University Rotterdam; Jozef De Witte, Director, Centre for Equal Opportunities and Opposition to Racism; Michael Fix, Senior Vice President and Co-Director, National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy, MPI; and Elizabeth Collett, Director, MPI Europe.