A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON IMMIGRANTS’ INTEGRATION POLICIES IN ROMANIA AND SWEDEN
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON IMMIGRANTS’ INTEGRATION POLICIES IN ROMANIA AND SWEDEN
Author(s): Alexandru Kis, Alin KisSubject(s): Economy, Education, Human Resources in Economy
Published by: Regional Department of Defense Resources Management Studies
Keywords: immigration; integration; mobility; discrimination; multiculturalism; Romania
Summary/Abstract: The immigration crisis in Europe has brought an intensive debate over EU nations’ shared responsibility toward integrating foreigners fleeing insecurity. In this context, Eastern EU countries have shown a lot of anxiety and reluctance to opening their societies to immigrants. The nature of this fear, beside the emerging threat of terrorism, is strongly linked to prejudices, and maybe to a chronic lack of know-how on integrating people without historical (or any other) ties with the host nation.This paper offers a comparative study between integration policies for immigrants in Sweden – a top ranking country in the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) 2015 – and Romania, with the aim to determine areas to improve the latter’s approach toward this issue.
Journal: Journal of Defense Resources Management (JoDRM)
- Issue Year: 8/2017
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 43-62
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English