Opening the door?
Subtitle: immigration and integration in the European Union
By: Vít Novotný, editor
Contributors: Centre for European Studies (Brussels, Belgium)
Publisher: Centre for European Studies
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 526
ISBN-13: 9782930632117
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Government policy; Acculturation; Immigrants; Émigration et immigration; Politique gouvernementale
Description: Migration into the EU and the integration of immigrants are matters that will be decisive for the future of Europe. Debates on these issues have been taking place at all levels within European society and government. These debates have also been held within the centre-right European People's Party (EPP) and are playing a prominent role in many election campaigns. This has strengthened the need for knowledge to be shared about national approaches in the EU context and for policy-oriented research from a centre-right perspective. The Centre for European Studies (CES), the official think tank of the EPP and its Member Foundations, has therefore created this in-depth study of immigration and integration policies in countries across the EU. This book, the first produced by a European political foundation in cooperation with its member organisations, covers thirteen EU countries and one region, as well as the EU itself.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Immigration and the Arab spring / Vít Novotný.; title: Spain : time of reckoning after the immigration boom / Mauricio Rojas Mullor.; title: Catalonai (Spain) : immigration and integrationa at the regional level / Elena Ribera i Garijo.; title: Romania : where Europe ends / Marian Zulean and Irina Roventa.; title: Estonia : integration of stateless individuals and third-country residents / Rain Sannik.; title: Austria : the red-white-red card starts a new era / Christian Kasper and Christian Moser.; title: Cyprus : a country of growing immigration / Charalambos Vrasidas, Sotiris Themistokleous and Michalinos Zembylas.; title: France : unresolved controversies facing a country with a long history of immigration / Catherine Wihtol de Wenden.; title: Greece : the challenges of illegal immigration / Angelos Syrigos.; title: Belgium : immigration and integration in a federal state / Paolo de Francesco.; title: Slovakia : new migration flows and challenges for integration policies / Olga Gyárfášová, Miroslava Hlinčíková and Martina Sekulová.; title: Slovenia : a transit country inhospitable to economic migrants / Matej Avbelj.; title: Hungary : a changing picture of immigration / Rita Izsák.; title: Germany : integration as a sensitive topic with many facets / Stefan Luft.; title: Germany : political parties and the integration debate / Michael Borchard.; title: Finland : the slow awakening of immigration policy / Erkka Railo.; title: The EU : migrants' pathways and EU policy responses / Mary-Anne Kate.; title: The EPP Group in the European Parliament : asylum and other immigration issues / Manfred Weber.; title: Synthesis / Vít Novotný.