A growing number of studies have recently postulated a so-called local turn in the study of
immigrant and refugee integration policy. A fundamental, yet untested, assumption of this …

The paper examines the patterns of economic integration of refugees in Switzerland, a
country with a long tradition of hosting refugees, a top-receiving host in Europe, and a …

Migrants' integration process and their labour market inclusion occur within distinct local
contexts. However, the existing literature has paid little attention to the role of the local …

Migrant integration is an issue at the forefront of political debates in many immigrant-
receiving countries. Within academia, a rich body of neighbourhood effects literature …

This article investigates the extent to which policy variation matters for refugee integration,
focusing on two parallel local integration programs varying in intensity and …

Local integration has long been seen as the “forgotten” durable solution to refugee
displacement evidenced by the reluctance of governments across the world to accord …

Using the case of Odense (Denmark), this article explores how, in the process of devising
and implementing integration measures, local authorities mitigate between the demands of …

Elaborating a popular assumption about the effects of immigration policies on the integration
of migrants, we argue in this article that more restrictive immigration policies lead to the …

While immigrant integration is increasingly important for policy-makers, governments of
countries approach the challenge of integration differently. In this article, I frame the issue of …

Integration policy has been shown to have implications beyond acculturation and adaptation
of refugees to the host society, extending to social cohesion and peaceful coexistence …