New Migration Realities

Maeve Glavey

doi:10.5771/9781786605290

Summary

Immigration to the UK has been growing in recent years, reaching its highest level on record in 2016. As the figures have increased, so have popular concerns about pressure on public services and the impact on British identity and social cohesion. The Brexit vote highlighted more than ever before the urgency of addressing these concerns if the UK is to remain a tolerant and open society.

Across Europe in the context of the recent refugee crisis and terrorist attacks, resentment towards immigration has also been growing. Populist parties have seized on immigration and integration to magnify their voices and increasingly challenge mainstream parties.

This publication is the culmination of a 12-month comparative research project exploring the similarities and differences in narratives on immigration in the UK and three north-western European countries – France, Germany and Sweden. It explores what the UK can learn from its European neighbours, and how we can come up with new inclusive narratives and policy actions, which at the same time take account of people's concerns about immigration and integration in a changing world.

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Copyright year: 2017
ISBN-Print: 978-1-78660-528-3
ISBN-Online: 978-1-78660-529-0
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 106
Product type: Book Titles

1. CONTENTS No access
2. LIST OF FIGURES No access
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No access
1. GLOBAL MIGRATION No access
2. IMMIGRATION AFTER BREXIT No access
3. CHARTING A NEW PATH No access
1. POLITICS AND POLICY ON IMMIGRATION SINCE 1945 No access
2. THE RISE OF THE FAR RIGHT: DETOXIFICATION AND INCREASED FOCUS ON IMMIGRATION No access
3. ELEMENTS OF THE ANTI-IMMIGRATION NARRATIVE No access
4. ISLAM, SECURITY AND INTEGRATION No access
5. FAILED NARRATIVES AND FIGHTING BACK No access
6. NOTES No access
1. WHO’S ON THE MOVE? OLD AND NEW PATTERNS No access
2. GENERAL ATTITUDES TO IMMIGRATION No access
3. WHAT ARE PEOPLE WORRIED ABOUT? No access
4. ATTITUDES TOWARDS PARTICULAR GROUPS No access
5. ATTITUDES AND ISLAM No access
6. WHO IS DOING THE WORRYING? No access
7. WHERE DOES THIS LEAVE US? No access
8. NOTES No access
1. TAKING CONTROL: GOVERNMENT ACTION AND LEGISLATION No access
2. GERMANY: ACTION ON INTEGRATION No access
3. SWEDEN: 21 POLICIES FROM ARRIVAL TO INTEGRATION No access
4. HELPING NEWCOMERS CONTRIBUTE AND FIT IN: FURTHER ACTION ON LABOUR MARKET ACCESS AND LANGUAGE CLASSES IN SWEDEN No access
5. SNABBSPÅRET’: MATCHING SKILLED MIGRANTS TO JOBS No access
6. SVENSKUNDERVISNING FÖR INVANDRARE’: BOOSTING LANGUAGE SKILLS No access
7. CONNECTING WITH THE PUBLIC: PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL COHESION No access
8. FRANCE: FRANCE TERRE D’ASILE No access
9. FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS No access
10. DEMOKRATIE LEBEN’ No access
11. COUNTERING RIGHTWING EXTREMISM No access
12. GERMANY: No access
13. SVERIGE TILLSAMMANS’ No access
14. PROVIDING INFORMATION AND SHARING BEST PRACTICE No access
15. SWEDEN: No access
16. SWEDEN: SALAR IDEAS BANK No access
1. PRINCIPLES Reclaim Language and Identity Politics No access
2. Government Should Provide Central Leadership But Involve Stakeholders No access
3. Approach Immigration and Integration Strategically No access
4. COMMUNICATE CLEARLY, EFFECTIVELY AND TRANSPARENTLY No access
5. RECOMMENDATIONS No access
6. Actions for Government No access
7. Actions for Regulators No access
8. Actions for Civil Society and Business No access
9. Cooperating with Europe No access
10. NOTES No access
CONCLUSION No access Pages 93 - 96
REFERENCES No access Pages 97 - 106