WESTERN EUROPE: Assimilation policies carry risks

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  • Aims of integration
  • Economic gain
  • Politics and citizenship
  • Socio-cultural cohesion
  • Two-way process
  • State involvement
  • Changing times
  • Mandatory introduction programmes
  • Citizenship test requirements
  • Increasing restrictions
  • Security dominates concerns
  • Failures of integration
  • Exacerbating racial tensions
  • Lack of cultural sensitivity
  • Forced change
  • National level focus
  • Securitisation of migrants
  • Corrective models
  • Welcoming approaches
  • Local solutions
  • Encouraging participation
  • Settled immigrants
  • Engaging immigrants

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