Employment improves immigrants’ social contacts and reduces their risk of poverty and social exclusion. Are integration courses helpful for immigrants to find jobs? The results of the Immigrant Citizens Survey show that many participants of language and integration courses found them somehow helpful for finding jobs. Further analysis identifies which immigrants and under which conditions these courses are beneficial for labour market integration. The Immigrant Citizens Survey asks immigrants to assess their …Read More

The results of the Immigrant Citizens Survey confirm a great variation in non-EU-born immigrants’ acquisition of citizenship across the 15 European cities included in the survey. Whether or not immigrants become European citizens is significantly determined not only by the citizenship policies in countries of residence and origin, but also by immigrants’ interest and ability to naturalise. Further analysis of ICS help to explain under what conditions non-EU-born immigrants apply …Read More

The results of the Immigrant Citizens Survey (ICS) showed a great variation in over-qualification among working non-EU immigrants across 15 European cities. Further analysis of ICS data on perceived over-qualification help to explain why working immigrants perceive themselves to be overqualified for their jobs. 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 …Read More

The Immigrant Citizens Survey has been published and is available for download and consultation here Related publications: Immigrant Citizens Survey 09/05/2012    

This evaluation undertakes a critical appraisal of the Immigrant Citizens Survey. The survey was funded under the European Integration Fund and jointly coordinated by the King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) and the Migration Policy Group (MPG). The survey was implemented in cooperation with research, polling and launch partners in the 7 countries covered by the survey. The survey was implemented in 2011 and 2012 and launched in May 2012. The evaluation is …Read More

Our German partner for the Immigrant Citizen Survey, the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR), has published some additional analysis of the Immigrant Citizens Survey for Germany.