Key Findings

Accross all strands and countries
  • Overall, and on each of the six MIPEX II strands, the EU-25's policies on integration score only halfway to best practice.
  • Only SE's policies scored high enough overall to be considered ‘favourable' for promoting integration. Of the 28 countries surveyed in MIPEX II, nine  countries have policies that were overall partially favourable. They were located in the Nordic countries, the Western Mediterranean, the BENELUX countries, CA and the UK. Five countries have integration policies that, overall, are at least partially unfavourable (LV, CY, GR, SK, AT). The countries with the ten lowest scores are the Baltic Republics, the countries of the Eastern Mediterranean and Central Europe, and DK.
  • The EU-25 received its highest score on long-term residence policies, although anti-discrimination, family reunion, and labour market access are not far behind. In the countries of Western Europe, anti-discrimination laws are the greatest area of strength for promoting integration.
  • The EU-25 score worst on access to nationality and policies for political participation. On access to nationality and long-term residence, not even the highest scores can be deemed ‘favourable'. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe score worst on political participation, where policies are, on average, unfavourable.
  • Only one country achieved best practice on every single indicator in an entire strand (SE on labour market access). On every other strand, SE leads the 28 MIPEX countries with the most favourable policies, although they have not yet attained best practice. On access to nationality, SE ties with BE.
  • The countries of Western Europe and Central and Eastern Europe nearly converge on family reunion and long-term residence scores but on access to nationality, access to the labour market and political  participation, the latter countries lag well behind.
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