IMMIGRANT SURVEY

1. The King Baudouin Foundation and the Migration Policy Group have piloted a new type of European survey whose aim is to increase the voice of immigrants in the development of integration policies. 2. Policy actors can learn about the different integration policies (see Migrant Integration Policy Index) and different integration situations (see EU migrant integration indicators) but they do not know about the implementation and effects of these policies on the integration situation. 3. This knowledge gap can be overcome by a representative survey among immigrants-by directly asking about policy impact and by formulating the survey so that the results are comparable and easy-to-use by civil society. Unfortunately, immigrant surveys tend to be rare, general, and non-comparable across countries. 4. The Immigrant Citizens Survey is the first transnational survey that is directly relevant for policy-makers in many areas of integration at local, national, and European level. 5. This survey..

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