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May 23, 2012

Migration Policy Institute

The Role of National Governments in Promoting Immigrant Integration

Immigrant Integration
Brain Waste & Credential Recognition
Citizenship & Civic Engagement
Language Access
Social Cohesion & Identity
Integration Policy

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The Role of National Governments in Promoting Immigrant Integration

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When: 
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Speakers: 

The Honorable Rosario Farmhouse, High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue in Portugal

The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

The Honorable Jasenko Selimovic, State Secretary to the Minister for Integration in Sweden

The Honorable Peter Sylvester, Associate Deputy Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada 

Demetrios G. Papademetriou, MPI President

On both sides of the Atlantic, the continued growth of immigrant populations and their dispersal to new destinations have raised expectations that national governments will articulate a coherent vision and design more effective processes for achieving immigrant integration.  

While creating an effective immigrant integration system can be a complex, contentious, and potentially costly endeavor, failures in immigrant integration can set into motion a cycle of intergenerational poverty for immigrant-origin families and harden mainstream views about the benefits of remaining open to immigration. 

Given the significant integration efforts being undertaken in a diverse range of countries, this public event provides a rich set of policy perspectives on efforts national governments can undertake to support the success of immigrants and their families in their new host societies. 

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