New Developments of Migration and Integration Policies

Thursday, 10 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: SJES024 (Faculty of Legal, Economic, and Social Sciences (JES))
RC31 Sociology of Migration (host committee)

Language: English

As the world becomes increasingly super-diverse, all the countries continuously struggle to cope with migration and migrants.

In terms of immigration policy, some countries have introduced a points-based system to welcome high-skilled migrants, while others have reinstated guest worker schemes to introduce low-skilled workers. Some countries are trying to prevent irregular migrants asylum seekers from entering the country by harsh means such as building a wall between the US and Mexico, or by the UK's policy of sending irregular immigrants to Uganda.

In terms of integration policies, some states offer integration classes for new immigrants to learn language and social issues, and some have citizenship classes, citizenship tests and loyalty oaths at the time of naturalisation.

Are these policies effective? Who are they beneficial to? Are there any new developments in immigration and integration policy? The aim of this session is to gain a comparative perspective on latest immigration and integration policies in the world.

Session Organizer:
Hideki TARUMOTO, Waseda University, Japan
Oral Presentations
Distributed Papers
The New Colombian Migration in Spain after the Great Recession: Integration and Emerging Profiles
Nachatter SINGH KAUR, Centro de Estudios Demograficos, Spain; Andreu DOMINGO, CENTRE D'ESTUDIS DEMOGRAFICS
Ukrainian Forced Migrants and Their Civic Right to the City in Four European Capitals
Filip WIJKSTROM, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; Prof. Anna DOMARADZKA, Associate Professor, University of Warsaw, Poland; Inna MELNYKOVSKA, Central European University, Ukraine; Marta PACHOCKA, Warsaw School of Economics, Poland