Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?

This article investigates the trajectory the EU’s policy on the integration of migrants has followed in approximately 20 years of its existence. Drawing upon neofunctionalist theory, it aims to assess whether the EU’s role in the matter is expanding or stalling. Empirically, this article considers t...

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Main Author: Pierre Georges Van Wolleghem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OpenEdition 2019-10-01
Series:International Review of Public Policy
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/396
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description This article investigates the trajectory the EU’s policy on the integration of migrants has followed in approximately 20 years of its existence. Drawing upon neofunctionalist theory, it aims to assess whether the EU’s role in the matter is expanding or stalling. Empirically, this article considers the succession of financial schemes explicitly tackling integration, in light of the fact that they constitute valuable indicators of the direction, breadth and stringency of a given policy. I therefore compare the funds allocated to integration in the 2007-2013, 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 multiannual financial frameworks. I find that the process underway is dual: whilst the EU’s role is clearly receding in terms of substantive policy points, it appears to be widening on the procedural side.
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spelling doaj-art-a87ea77e406440f897a8eb3e37e5ba5a2025-01-09T16:26:04ZengOpenEditionInternational Review of Public Policy2679-38732706-62742019-10-01121823710.4000/irpp.396Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?Pierre Georges Van WolleghemThis article investigates the trajectory the EU’s policy on the integration of migrants has followed in approximately 20 years of its existence. Drawing upon neofunctionalist theory, it aims to assess whether the EU’s role in the matter is expanding or stalling. Empirically, this article considers the succession of financial schemes explicitly tackling integration, in light of the fact that they constitute valuable indicators of the direction, breadth and stringency of a given policy. I therefore compare the funds allocated to integration in the 2007-2013, 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 multiannual financial frameworks. I find that the process underway is dual: whilst the EU’s role is clearly receding in terms of substantive policy points, it appears to be widening on the procedural side.https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/396migrationintegrationmultiannual financial frameworkneofunctionalismEU funds
spellingShingle Pierre Georges Van Wolleghem
Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?
International Review of Public Policy
migration
integration
multiannual financial framework
neofunctionalism
EU funds
title Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?
title_full Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?
title_fullStr Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?
title_full_unstemmed Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?
title_short Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?
title_sort where is the eu s migrant integration policy heading
topic migration
integration
multiannual financial framework
neofunctionalism
EU funds
url https://journals.openedition.org/irpp/396
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