Integration of immigrants
process of social integration of immigrants or immigrated persons
The integration of immigrants, or migrant integration, is primarily the process of socioeconomic integration of immigrants and their descendants into a society through emancipatory and collective care values of the host country. Secondarily, it involves the gradual access to equal opportunities with other residents in terms of community duties and political participation. Central aspects of socioeconomic integration include overcoming barriers related to language, education, labour market participation, and identification with social values and the host country. The topic covers both the individual affairs of immigrants in their everyday lives and the socio-cultural phenomena of the host society.
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Social discourse about the integration of immigrants has often not only been about immigrants themselves (first-generation migrants, "foreigner integration" in the narrower sense), but also about the integration of the future generation(s), who are usually already naturalized or born as citizens, the "integration of people with a migration background" or "with an immigration history". Special cases of group-specific integration include the integration of linguistic, cultural or ethnic minorities who immigrated a long time ago. In Countries with official multiculturalism policies like Canada, integration may also involve navigating through racialized and gendered expectations which shape the experiences of first generation immigrants and their children. Here, one speaks of the integration of minorities, which overlaps with the integration of autochthonous (native) minorities. When it comes to labour migration, one also speaks of the integration of foreign workers, particularly those who decide to stay in the country of employment, as occurred in Europe, for example, in the guest workers in Germany issue of the mid-20th century.
A special case is the "integration of refugees", particularly in the case of a large refugee crisis.
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