Migrant women have poorer social and economic integration outcomes, compared to their male counterparts. Among other international institutions, the OECD has stressed the need to facilitate the integration of migrant women as part of a broader strategy that aims to minimize their isolation. In this direction, the EU recognizes the potential power of entrepreneurship as […]
This policy brief provides an outline of the prospects for and challenges to integration of international protection beneficiaries and applicants in mainland Greece, based on emerging research findings. It focuses on three policy areas, which are key to social and economic integration: (1) labour market; (2) healthcare and social welfare services; and (3) education and training. Structural factors, such as […]
Within this volume, researchers from three countries have made an assessment of the different steps that economic and humanitarian migrants experience during their journey across Europe. The volume presents the results of a research programme developed by FEPS and SOLIDAR on the topic of migration and integration as a follow up of the research programme […]
The present report explores the topic of migrant integration through the lens of local government, and it was prepared in the frame of the research project LOMIGRAS. It reviews the relevant literature on the role of local government in migrant integration in Europe, and it examines the case of Greece. On the basis of this […]
The present report provides an in-depth assessment of integration policies and outcomes in the case of Greece by specifically bringing into focus the needs of three migrant groups who for various reasons are commonly considered to be especially vulnerable: women, children and victims of trafficking (VoTs). Do the migrant integration policies and programmes in Greece […]
IRMA Background report: Greece Author: Anna Triandafyllidou ELIAMEP and EUI With the cooperation of the IRMA Project Research Team, notably Angeliki Dimitriadi, Michaela Maroufof, Panos Hatziprokopiou, Eda Gemi, Marina Nikolova and Kleopatra Yousef.
In this article, P. Hatziprokopiou and Ν. Montagna discuss the spatial dimensions in processes of incorporation of immigrants in European metropolises, focusing on the specific case of Chinatown and on two recent occasions when its space was contested. The article appeared in Ethnicities (12:6, 2011). For more see here. Contested Chinatown: Chinese migrants’ incorporation and the urban space in London and Milan” Abstract […]
The collective volume entitled Migration in 21st century Greece, edited by Anna Triandafyllidou and Thanos Maroukis, explores the Greek immigration experience in the national context as well as within the contemporary European environment. The authors offer an overview of the phenomenon of migration, presenting the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the immigrants, their integration in […]