Summer School on Migration and Integration České Budějovice, September 1-6, 2013 Michal Vašečka Masaryk University, Brno

 MIPEX measures policies to integrate migrants in 28 EU Member states and three non-EU countries. It uses over 148 policy indicators to create a rich, multi-dimensional picture of migrants' opportunities to participate in European societies.  MIPEX covers six policy areas which shape a migrant's journey to full citizenship: - Labor market access - Education  - Family reunion - Long-term residence - Political participation - Access to nationality - Anti-discrimination  MIPEX aims to improve migrant integration policies in Europe

Ratings of countries according to Breivik - level of multicultural indoctrination per country  100 – Least brainwashed with multiculturalist propaganda  0 – Most brainwashed with multiculturalist propaganda  Country Level of multiculti indoctrination:  Slovakia 90  Slovenia 90  Czech Republic 80  Italy 70  Russia 70  Poland 70  Greece 60  Finland 60  Denmark 40  Portugal 40  US 30  Iceland 20  Spain 10  Luxembourg 10  Netherlands 10  Belgium 10  UK 10  France 10  Switzerland 10  Norway 8  Sweden 6  Germany 1

 The Migrant Integration Policy Index was first published in 2004 as the European Civic Citizenship and Inclusion Index.  Integration Policies should be understood as pre-conditions and pre-requisites for the integration process. The Migrant Integration Policy Index measures integration policies that initiate, help, and allow processes of integration.  In order to measure depth, range, and quality of integration process itself it is vital to expand sets of indicators.

 Data are either unusable in general, or it is necessary to approach them and use them carefully. This is a common problem of both academic and public policy research.  The problem is, however, broader. Banal nationalism and methodological nationalistic approach in a research can be found also on the side of researchers:  1. Inacceptance of „multilayer“ identities. Cultural differences are perceived as objectively existing, analysis are deriving from premises of fundamental relevance of cultural differences;  2. Researchers very often accept and study only one identity;  3. Often the concept of race is not accepted as a social construct;  4. Researchers are not courageous enough to challenge policy makers.

 Legal norms are according to LISI authors just a precondition of successful integration  LISI authors consider equal rights to be a key aspect of integration policies  LISI therefore focuses on 2 legal dimensions of integration - firstly equal rights and secondly minority, cultural, and religion rights

 1. Language;  2. Integration within the Educational system;  3. Social integration;  4. Political integration;  5. Economic integration;  6. Residential integration.

 Level of inequality within a country  Level of social exclusion  Index MAR (minorities in risk) – score of polarization  Level of state interventions  Level of security within a country  Working standards (ILO)  Score of democracy (level of openness of institutions)  Score of liberties (political and civic rights)

 Social capital (bonding, bridging, linking)  Level of anomy  Level of cultural and social alienation from a society  Perception of poverty in a country  Satisfaction with a life  Ethnicization of concept of citizenship

 Countries with high score in integration policies are increasingly ones with successful integration processes.  However, in order to measure and assess successes of integration process itself we should move beyond legal-political indicators that measure policies of particular countries. Otherwise we will have just in-depth going knowledge of pre- conditions for migrant incorporation.