How immigrants experience integration in
15 European cities
SURVEY
IMMIGRANT
CITIZENS
PARTNERS
Managing Partners
King Baudouin Foundation (KBF)
Migration Policy Group (MPG)
Co-funders:
European Commission
King Baudouin Foundation
Fundação Calouste
Gulbenkian Oak Foundation
Belgium
King Baudouin Foundation (KBF)
Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)
France
Fondation Nationale 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-nemzeti Kisebbségkutató Intézet)
Menedék Hungarian Association for Migrants
Italy
Fondazione Ismu – Initiatives and Studies on Multiethnicity
Portugal
High Commission for Immigration and Intercultural
Dialogue (ACIDI)
Spain
University of Leicester
Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas
Fundacion CIDOB
Branding and Design:
CITIZENSHIP
LONG - TERM RESIDENCE
FAMILY REUNION
CIVIC AND POLITICAL
PARTICIPATION
LANGUAGES
EMPLOYMENT
LONG - TERM
RESIDENCE
 Have you ever applied for long term residence?
 When did you apply?
 What happened to your application?
HIGHLIGHTS
 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?
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.
HAVE YOU EVER APPLIED FOR LONG TERM
RESIDENCE?
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
immigran
ts are or
want to
become
longterm
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
How immigrants experience integration in
15 European cities
SURVEY
IMMIGRANT
CITIZENS
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