MIPEX aims to improve migrant integration policies in Europe by providing objective, accessible and comparable data for scrutiny and debate. Immigration is a fact of life for every country in the European Union. All of Europe's residents will benefit from cohesive, open societies in which migrants and citizens alike have opportunities to participate and contribute. Governments create the political and legal frameworks for migrants to participate alongside citizens and, in time, to become citizens themselves. It is therefore vital that the integration policies of European governments are scrutinised and monitored.
MIPEX is intended as a ‘mirror' that can be held up to EU Member States for them to see how they are performing on migrant integration policy. Of course, government efforts alone cannot achieve integration. Local communities, civil society and individual migrants all have a role to play. MIPEX offers a platform for a fact-based debate between all of these actors on integration policy in Europe.
