Expertseminar LABOUR MIGRATION IN THE BALTIC SEA COUNTRIES: TRENDS AND PROSPECTS 25 April 2013 Constitutional Hall, Parliament of the Republic of Lithuania, Gedimino av. 53, Vilnius

1. Labour migration in the Baltic Sea countries
Dealing with the consequences: integration and citizenship
Jan Niessen
Migration Policy Group

2. What is MPG?
• An independent policy ‘think-and-do-tank’ with over 15 years of experience
• Mission: to contribute to lasting and positive change resulting in open and
inclusive societies by stimulating well-informed European debate and action
on migration, equality and diversity, and enhancing European co-operation
between and amongst governmental agencies, civil society organisations
and the private sector.
• Four primary activities:
• Gathering, analysing and sharing information
• Creating opportunities for dialogue and mutual learning
• Mobilising and engaging stakeholders in policy debates
• Establishing, inspiring and managing expert networks

3. Some MPG products:
portals
European Web Site on Integration
www.integration.eu
European Immigration Portal
ec.europa.eu/immigration/

4. Some MPG products:
tools
Immigrant Citizens Survey
immigrantsurvey.org
Becoming a Party of Choice
www.migpolgroup.org/benchmark/politica
lparties_en.html

5. Some MPG products:
publications
Anti-discrimination Law Review, Comparative Analyses and Thematic Reports
available on www.migpolgroup.com

6. Integration
• Integration is a process by which
All residents irrespective of their background contributing to and benefiting from well-being
• Policies can hinder or facilitate Integration
Equal opportunities, rights and obligations enhance convergence of societal outcomes

7. Who are the immigrants
• Legally residing third-country nationals (20 out of 30 million)
• Refugees but not asylum-seekers
• All non-nationals to some degree and some strands
• Non-documented only for access to education

8. MIPEX Objectives
Legal integration as first step in long path to societal integration
 Transparency and knowledge of national policies, changes and trends
 Benchmark policies according to European and international standards for
equal treatment to identify national policy strengths and weaknesses
 Informing and improving policies

9. Tool for actors
Governmental and non-governmental actors
Academics and media
In
Immigration countries
Countries of origin

10. Integration policy areas
Seven policy areas for immigrants to participate in society:
Labour market
mobility
Family reunion Education Political
Participation
Long-term
residence
Access to
nationality
Anti-
discrimination

11. 7 strands- 4 dimensions totalling 148 indicators
• Access, eligibility and concepts
• Conditions, requirements and needs
• Security of status, opportunities
• Rights associated

12. An overview
Average @ ≈50%:
• Political will counts
more than tradition
• Similarities
traditional and
recent countries of
immigration
• Policy change comes
slowly

13. Permanent residence, labour market and
education

14. Access to Labour market

15. Access to education

16. Labour market and education

17. Access to citizenship

18. Anti-discrimination

19. Access to citizenship and anti-discrimination