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Civil Society Organisations and the Diaspora-Integration Nexus

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Migrant Integration between Homeland and Host Society Volume 2

Part of the book series: Global Migration Issues ((IOMS,volume 8))

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In this chapter we present the rationale of the INTERACT survey, which is an instrument designed to map the activities of civil society organisations. The novelty of the survey lies in its cross-national approach; it studies civil society organisations at both destination and origin and treats them as actors that take part in migrant integration in EU destination countries. The survey gathered over 900 responses from diverse types of organisations working predominantly in employment, education, language and the social dimensions of integration. These organisations have different reaches, but their voices give us a better understanding of how they support migrants’ efforts to integrate within in the EU. Although the exploratory character of the survey does not allow one to generalise to the entire population of civil society organisations, it sheds light onto how these actors’ activities impact migrant integration, and how they perceive states of origin and their policies in the context of the day-to-day reality of migrants’ incorporation into the receiving society.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    Here we would like to thank Sonia Gsir for her valuable insights regarding past and current research projects on migrants’ civil society organisations.

  2. 2.

    These countries are: Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, India, Albania, Ukraine, Russia, China, Pakistan, Ecuador, the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tunisia, Brazil, Colombia, the Philippines, Iraq, Bangladesh, Peru, Vietnam, Argentina, South Africa, Nigeria, Serbia, Iran, Sri Lanka, Moldova, Senegal, Bolivia, Suriname, Egypt, Ghana, Venezuela, Somalia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Thailand, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Canada, Australia, Angola, Dominican, Republic, Jamaica, the DR Congo, Kenya, Belarus, Lebanon, Chile, Cuba, Japan, Madagascar, Syria, South Korea, Cameroon.

  3. 3.

    For other languages which were commonly used by the respondents (e.g. Arabic, Chinese or Turkish) an external proof-reader was hired.

  4. 4.

    In countries at war or with poor internet/phone coverage, face-to-face interviews were carried out.

  5. 5.

    The translation of the questionnaire took place before the conflict in Ukraine broke out.

  6. 6.

    Because the survey did not manage to reach organisations assisting Iranian and Chinese migrants, in-depth interviews were conducted with these organisations instead.

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  1. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Justyna Salamońska & Anne Unterreiner

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    Anna Di Bartolomeo

  2. Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute, Florence, Italy

    Sona Kalantaryan

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Appendix 1: Population Born Outside the EU and Residing in the EU, by Country of Birth (*), Circa 2010, 1st Jan (**)

Appendix 1: Population Born Outside the EU and Residing in the EU, by Country of Birth (*), Circa 2010, 1st Jan (**)

Country of birth

Number

Turkey

2,604,772

Morocco

2,366,388

Algeria

1,473,913

India

1,034,297

Albania

995,992

Ukraine

798,048

Russia

791,028

China (including Hong Kong)

673,346

Pakistan

658,574

Ecuador

590,119

United States

520,918

Bosnia and Herzegovina

504,018

Serbia and Montenegro (before 2006)

503,778

Tunisia

500,341

Brazil

496,331

Colombia

427,310

Philippines

378,040

Iraq

362,314

Croatia

349,035

Bangladesh

326,720

Peru

322,267

Vietnam

322,159

Argentina

312,938

South Africa

286,720

Nigeria

285,876

Serbia

283,020

Iran

278,400

Sri Lanka

270,197

Moldova

236,185

Senegal

222,114

Bolivia

217,446

Suriname

210,717

Egypt

201,450

Ghana

195,748

Venezuela

192,414

Somalia

189,157

Republic of Macedonia

184,716

Thailand

180,206

Afghanistan

179,141

Indonesia

168,053

Canada

162,959

Australia

162,229

Angola

158,427

Dominican Republic

157,492

Jamaica

154,377

Democratic Republic of the Congo

151,274

Kenya

149,876

Belarus

138,819

Lebanon

134,599

Chile

124,043

Cuba

123,821

Japan

115,618

Madagascar

110,678

Syria

103,774

South Korea

102,472

Cameroon

100,999

  1. Notes: (*) Immigrants are defined as foreign nationals (i.e. according to the country of nationality criteria) in Germany, Estonia, Greece and Malta. (**) Figures refer to 2010 (1st January) for all countries of destination except Austria, Malta, Portugal, Romania and Slovakia (2009), Lithuania (2008), Greece (2006), France (2005), Cyprus and Hungary (2002), Bulgaria, Luxembourg (2001) and Estonia (2000).
  2. Source: Eurostat and National Statistical institutes.

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Salamońska, J., Unterreiner, A. (2017). Civil Society Organisations and the Diaspora-Integration Nexus. In: Di Bartolomeo, A., Kalantaryan, S., Salamońska, J., Fargues, P. (eds) Migrant Integration between Homeland and Host Society Volume 2. Global Migration Issues, vol 8. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56370-1_4

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