Does a Southern European Model of Migrant Integration Exist? A Comparative Longitudinal Study across 15 European Countries (2010-2019)

In a MIPEX research paper published in Social Policies, Giacomo Solano, MPG’s Head of Research, and Irene Ponzo, Deputy Director of Forum of International and European Research on Immigration (FIERI), challenge the assumption that integration policies of Southern European countries are homogeneous and weaker than those of traditional EU countries of immigration. 

Their findings suggest that integration policies of Southern European countries (Greece, Italy, Portugal and Spain) differ and are not systematically weaker than countries in Northern and Western Europe. 

These are long-standing trends, as the situation of the analysed countries has not changed dramatically over the decade, despite the 2008 Great Recession and the European refugee crisis. 

The research is based on the MIPEX dataset on migrant integration policies including data from 15 European countries over the period 2010-2019.  

Read the complete research paper here.

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