Heikki Kerkkänen speaks about the political debate on immigration in Finland: about the relocation of the integration agenda from the Ministry of Labour to the Ministry of the Interior, a shift with a parallel in the Czech context; about integration policy and practice; and about different approaches to specific ethnic groups of immigrants. >>

In this interview, professor Sik discusses migration potential surveys, the research methods as well as a series of these surveys carried out at the time between the collapse of the communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe and the countries’ accession to the EU, arguing that this wave of surveys was motivated by fear in Western countries. >>

The Inventory was published as a result of joint ICMPD-IOM project Linking Emigrant Communities for More Development which is a part of initiatives aiming to support governments with significant emigrant communities. The information used for the publication was mainly provided by the national institutions, non-governmental and international stakeholders. >>

The study aims to provide a synthesis and analysis of the latest available evidence in order to assess the impact of the global economic crisis on migrants and migration policy in the European Union. The findings presented in the report are based primarily on a survey conducted by IOM offices in the 27 EU Member States and Croatia, Norway and Turkey, the findings of seven commissioned country case... >>

This report provides information on the 2nd Annual Youth Consultation on Migration by Young People We Care (YPWC), a youth-led organization based in Ghana and offices in the United Kingdom and Canada. The report states that out of 214 million international migrants around the world in 2008 nearly 20% comprised youth (people between 15 and 30 years of age). The aim of the Consultation is to bridge ... >>

Lithuania is a country with a great historical Diaspora and large-scale recent economic migration. This interview with Daiva Tereshchenko focuses on the current migration situation in the country, on the attitude of the Lithuanian state and society, and on the Lithuanian communities abroad and their relationship with their country of origin. >>