07/05/2010 - The relative position of migrants

Migration has increased greatly over the past 20 years and has now become the major cause of population growth in the EU. Despite migrants contribute to the economic growth of the Member States, they often face higher risks of unemployment and poverty than nationals and in many countries social inclusion is difficult.

Ensuring the inclusion of migrants is a key element of the policies set up by the Member States in the context of the EU social inclusion strategy.

This seminar aims to review the current state of research and knowledge on the relative position of migrants by:

• assessing the current situation in the EU-27;
• analysing the access of migrants to services (social services, healthcare, housing);
• addressing social mobility and education for the children with immigrant background.

Workshop programme

Workshop presentations

Ethnic minority poverty and disadvantage in the UK (Ms Lucinda Platt, University of Essex)

Educational outcomes of the children of immigrants: background, results and policy implications (Mr Georges Lemaître, OECD)

Immigrants and their children: Social mobility across generations (Ms Claudine Attias-Donfut, CNAV)

The social destiny of children of migrants (Ms Claudine Attias-Donfut, CNAV)

Social mobility 'sans frontières'? (Ms C. Attias-Donfut, CNAV and R. Dimova, Brunel University)

Ethnicity and Higher Generation Ethnic Minorities (Mr Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, University of Cyprus)

Ethnicity and Higher Generation Ethnic Minorities - tables (Mr Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, University of Cyprus)

Access to healthcare for migrants in Italy: the NIHMP experience (Mr Raffaele di Palma, National Institute for Health Migration and Poverty)

Migrants, minorities and housing in Western European cities (Ms Deborah Phillips, University of Leeds)