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Problem is integration; not number of new migrants
30 March 2010
It is not the number of new migrants that causes tension in neighbourhoods, but rather a failure to manage integration properly, new Runnymede research suggests.
Drawing on global examples of best practice, report author Dr Zubaida Haque, explores what meaningful integration might look like and reviews a cross section of international labour market, political, social and cultural strategies.
Watch her describe the findings of the report in her own words in this 2-minute video
Key findings of the report include:
- The two key drivers of integration are employment and fluency in the host language
- Minor provisions in these areas would benefit the integration of new migrants across all aspects of life
- Integration is a two-way process and in order for it to be sustained in the long term there needs to be more 'meaningful' social interactions between existing settled communities and new migrants
- Government and local agencies need to do more to share accurate and succinct information about new migrants
- Integration interventions will not be successful without taking into account issues around disadvantage, discrimination and social exclusion in deprived inner-city and rural areas, where most migrants settle
Download the report: What Works With Integrating New Migrants?
