Social Interactions between Immigrants and Host Country Populations: A Country of Origin Perspective (original) (raw)

Interact – Researching Third Country Nationals’ Integration

2014

This paper aims at exploring how countries of origin can affect migrants’ socio-cultural integration in multicultural European societies. Socio-cultural integration is considered through the lenses of different kinds of social interactions between migrants and host society namely: intermarriages, interethnic friendship, interethnic relations in workplaces, and encounters in the neighbourhood. The literature review highlighted that these social interactions prove to depend on a multiplicity of factors related mainly to the destination country (such as residential segregation, degree of racism and acceptance, opportunities for encounters and neighbourhood effects) and of individual factors related to the migrant (such as demographic characteristics, migration trajectory and length of residence and work position). The impact of countries of origin and transnational links is more difficult to assess considering that little research has directly dealt with the issue. However, the paper s...

Cultural Integration of Immigrants in Europe

2012

Immigration flows in European countries 1.2 Two-dimensional identity model (Berry, 1997) 1.3 Multi-dimensional models: a synthesis 1.4 Intergenerational dynamics of cultural gaps between migrants/natives 3.1 Individual gap in education between spouses-men 3.2 Individual gap in education between spouses-women 3.3 Marriage probability-men 3.4 Marriage probability-women 3.5 Intermarriage probability-men 3.6 Intermarriage probability-women 3.7 Probability of being first married before 25-men 3.8 Probability of being first married before 25-women 3.9 Age gap between spouses-men 3.10 Age gap between spouses-women 3.11 Number of children 3.12 Age at first child birth 3.13 Political interest-men 3.14 Political interest-women 3.15 Risk attitude-men 3.16 Risk attitude-women 3.17 Overall life satisfaction-men 3.18 Overall life satisfaction-women 3.19 Female labour force participation 4.1 Immigration flows 1993-2007 6.1 Distribution of acculturation identity (self-assessed), by region of origin 7.1 Migrant population and right wing populist parties in Switzerland (1850-2011) vi This is an open access version of the publication distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution

Interculturality and Social Integration of Migrants: Framing the Issues

Romanian Journal of Sociological Studies, 2018

The new waves of migrants and refugees which in the last years were coming to Europe led to multiple problems and controversies in the host societies, including polemics in the political sphere. In the academic field, various debates have also emerged, with regard to issues such as social and cultural integration, social inclusion vs. social exclusion, etc. Not only politicians, but also scholars try to find answers and solutions to the problems generated by the cultural impact and the various contrasts between the native culture of immigrants and the culture of the host societies. In this context, there are discussed, both theoretically and practically, views and concepts as acculturation, interculturality, interculturation, multiculturalism and so forth. The present paper aims to delineate a general framework for addressing interculturality and social integration of migrants. In this regard, after outlining the terms of integration and inclusion and their significance for the integration policies, the various types and dimensions of the social integration of migrant individuals and groups are in-depth addressed, with particular emphasis on the issues concerning the cultural integration.

Supporting Immigrant Integration in Europe? Developing the Governance for Diaspora Engagement

Approximately 25 million persons born outside the European Union (third-country nationals) currently live in EU member states and represent 5 per cent of the total EU population. Integrating these immigrants-enabling their participation in the destination society at the same level as natives-is an active process that involves both the receiving society and immigrants working together to build a cohesive whole.

The role of sending countries in the labor market assimilation of immigrants in host countries

2013

INTERACT-Researching Third Country Nationals' Integration as a Three-way Process-Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration Around 25 million persons born in a third country (TCNs) are currently living in the European Union (EU), representing 5% of its total population. Integrating immigrants, i.e. allowing them to participate in the host society at the same level as natives, is an active, not a passive, process that involves two parties, the host society and the immigrants, working together to build a cohesive society. Policy-making on integration is commonly regarded as primarily a matter of concern for the receiving state, with general disregard for the role of the sending state. However, migrants belong to two places: first, where they come and second, where they now live. While integration takes place in the latter, migrants maintain a variety of links with the former. New means of communication facilitating contact between migrants and their homes, globalisation bringing greater cultural diversity to host countries, and nation-building in source countries seeing expatriate nationals as a strategic resource have all transformed the way migrants interact with their home country. INTERACT project looks at the ways governments and non-governmental institutions in origin countries, including the media, make transnational bonds a reality, and have developed tools that operate economically (to boost financial transfers and investments); culturally (to maintain or revive cultural heritage); politically (to expand the constituency); legally (to support their rights).

Migration Cultural Interaction and Multiculturalism in Global World

Cultural systems always determine and specify identities. So cultural changes and transformations reflect on the identities directly. Wherever there is cultural mobility there are identity problems. Today immigration is the uppermost cause of cultural mobility. In this respect it’s (immigration studies) are a remarkable field in social sciences. There was heavy and perpetual immigration from Turkey to European countries especially Germany, which had experienced this effect fact deeply; such that those migrated from Turkey to other European countries, were called as Almancı/Alamancı in their own country. First generation who migrated to different EU regions, because of economic reasons at first, have begun to experience differentiation of culture and identity slowly but deeply. The first-generation immigrants did not cut their ties with the homeland, returning to their homeland after retirement from their adopted EU working home. However, the cultural conflicts arose and new kinds of problems were on the thereshold. European states and societies, concerned about the increasing number of immigrants, are developing projects to resolve ambiguity of their future. On the other hand the immigrant groups do not accept the policies of assimilation and refuse to feel humiliated. They want respect for their beliefs and values . They demand to be accepted as citizens rather than immigrants in Europe. Europeans and immigrants are each trying to protect their culture and identity. Well, how are these reasonable and justified demands to be combined without leading to conflicts and disagreements? Is it correct to insist on assimilation? On the other hand, how to best overcome the problems of multiculturalism? While the Islamophobic policies are reluctant to recognize each other producing new conflict areas in EU countries, how can rational and peaceful solutions be produced? In this study I’ll handle the perception of other, exclusion and inclusion problems in EU, and discuss assimilationist policies and its harmful consequences on the social groups. And I’ll suggest proposals in the context of multiculturalism. Keywords: Globalization, Immigration, Identity, Cultural Change, İslamophobia, Multiculturalism.

Immigrant Integration in Europe

2007

■ Abstract Most European countries are examining how they have sought to inte- grate immigrants in the past and how they might change their policies to avoid some of the problems exhibited in immigrant and minority communities today. Discrimi- nation and issues of racism, including the rise of anti-immigrant radical right parties, have become important, as evidenced in part by

Immigrant Integration in Europe: Empirical Research

Annual Review of Political Science, 2007

▪ Most European countries are examining how they have sought to integrate immigrants in the past and how they might change their policies to avoid some of the problems exhibited in immigrant and minority communities today. Discrimination and issues of racism, including the rise of anti-immigrant radical right parties, have become important, as evidenced in part by the passage of the European Union's Racial Equality Directive in 2000. This essay reviews comparative research in political science on immigrant integration in Western Europe. It discusses multiculturalism and assimilation, party politics, antidiscrimination policy, and policy at the European Union level.

Integrating Immigrants in Europe: Research-Policy Dialogues

research on migration and diversity in the world. It comprises publications that present empirical and theoretical research on different aspects of international migration. The authors are all specialists, and the publications are rich source of information for researchers and others involved in international migration studies.

The impact of socio-cultural integration strategies on the life activities of migrants

Grani

The features of the integration of Azerbaijani immigrants into a single European socio-cultural space have been discussed in the article. Strategies for the integration of immigrants into the external socio-cultural environment have been described and the issues of socio-cultural acceptance of Azerbaijani immigrants in Europe have been studied from a scientific and theoretical point of view by examining their pros and cons. The issues of adaptation, acculturation, separation, marginalization and transnationalism have been studied. It has been noted by the author that the active part of Azerbaijani immigrants in Europe is mainly people who have received higher education in the country of origin or in the country of their arrival, who plan to build a career in the society they come, who join socio- cultural processes, try to become a part of society that accepts local cultural values. At the same time, it has been noted in the article that young immigrants also participate in the accu...