The Immigrant Citizens Survey asks immigrants to assess their aspirations and needs for integration and then evaluate how effective policies are in meeting them. The pilot starts in Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, and Spain
For policy actors to fully understand the integration process and their impact on it, they need to go beyond asking the general public and reach out to the beneficiaries of their policies and services themselves. We know what the different laws and policies are across Europe (see the Migrant Integration Policy Index—but we do not know which policies are working in practice and, above all, why or why not.
This knowledge gap can be overcome by a representative survey among non-EU immigrants— by directly asking about policy impact and by formulating the survey so that the results are comparable and easy-to-use by civil society. Immigrants as direct beneficiaries need to be asked questions on key integration areas: about their background; integration goals; awareness of current policy; trust in implementing actors; reasons for/against participation, levels of satisfaction; observed benefits; and recommendations.
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