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IMMIGRANT CITIZENS. SURVEY. How immigrants experience integration in 15 European cities. PARTNERS. Managing Partners King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) Migration Policy Group (MPG) . Co-funders : European Commission King Baudouin Foundation Fundação Calouste
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IMMIGRANT CITIZENS SURVEY How immigrants experience integration in 15 European cities
PARTNERS Managing Partners King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) Migration Policy Group (MPG) Co-funders: European Commission King Baudouin Foundation FundaçãoCalouste Gulbenkian Oak Foundation Belgium King Baudouin Foundation (KBF) UniversitéLibre de Bruxelles (ULB) France FondationNationale des Sciences Politiques (Science Po) France Terre d’Asile Germany Research Unit of the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR, Germany) Hungary MTAKI (MTA Etnikai-nemzetiKisebbségkutatóIntézet) Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants • Italy • FondazioneIsmu – Initiatives and Studies on Multiethnicity • Portugal • High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue (ACIDI) • Spain • University of Leicester • Centro de InvestigacionesSociológicas • FundacionCIDOB Branding and Design:
LONG - TERM RESIDENCE CIVIC AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION FAMILY REUNION EMPLOYMENT CITIZENSHIP LANGUAGES
LONG - TERM RESIDENCE • Have you ever applied for long term residence? • When did you apply? • What happened to your application? • What problems did you have applying? • How has becoming a long-term resident helped you personally? • Do you want to become a long-term resident? Why not? • Why do you not want to become a long-term resident? • How might becoming a long-term resident help you personally? HIGHLIGHTS
LONG TERM RESIDENCE Key Findings HAVE YOU EVER APPLIED FOR LONG TERM RESIDENCE? • Foreign residents in ICS cities acquired some form of long-term residence after residing in the country for six or more years. • This figure excludes foreign residents who naturalised as citizens.
LONG TERM RESIDENCE Key Findings DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A LONG-TERM RESIDENT? • Overall, between 80 and 95% of immigrants surveyed in most ICS countries are or want to become long-term residents.
DO YOU WANT TO BECOME A LONG-TERM RESIDENT? 80 and 95% of immigrants are or want to become long-term residents. Most temporary migrants in new countries of immigration also want to become long-term residents.
LONG TERM RESIDENCE Key Findings HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT TAKE IMMIGRANTS TO APPLY FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENCE? • In most ICS countries, the average applicant for long-term residence applied not long after the minimum required period of residence. • Applicants usually applied after five years’ residence in most countries. .
HOW MANY YEARS DOES IT TAKE IMMIGRANTS TO APPLY FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENCE? The average person applies not long after the minimum period of residence
LONG TERM RESIDENCE Key Findings WHAT PROBLEMS DID YOU HAVE APPLYING FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENCE? • Several people applying for long-term residence had to overcome obstacles with the policies and the ways that they are implemented in different cities.
WHAT PROBLEMS DID YOU HAVE APPLYING FOR LONG-TERM RESIDENCE? Policies and the way they are implemented create problems for people applying
LONG TERM RESIDENCE Key Findings HOW HAS LONG-TERM RESIDENCE HELPED YOU? • People who became long-term residents said that this secure residence status helped them feel more settled, often get better jobs, and sometimes get better educated and involved.
HOW HAS LONG-TERM RESIDENCE HELPED YOU? Long-term residence helps most immigrants get better jobs and feel more settled
IMMIGRANT CITIZENS SURVEY How immigrants experience integration in 15 European cities Branding and Design: