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Where do you come from? Why did you leave your country? How did you come here? 'Go back where you come from'. 'You are taking our jobs'. These are some of the questions and comments often lashed at immigrants irrespective of their location in the world. They are questioned about their origin, challenged about their intentions, and included or excluded because of who they are. Using Belgium as a case study, Andrew Anab explores the social, economic, and ecclesial reality of being an immigrant in Europe. Read and discover the challenges such as language, unemployment, cultural shock, and family crises faced by immigrants in Europe. Read and reflect on the struggle of bringing up children in a secularised Europe best captured by one parent thus, "we have no right to say anything to our kids, they do not listen to us, they have rights that we don't have, they know it all, they have no confidence in us". Read and know how parents perceive the modern society that tolerates drugs, crime, sexual licentiousness, and violence. Read and know that the very society that should be protecting children is paradoxically the cause of their downfall.Rooted in his Christian faith, Andrew Anab invites us to a new theology of immigration. This theology is anchored in the very life of Jesus who was born in a foreign land with nowhere to lay his head by Mary: an emigrant. At the heart of this theology is welcoming immigrants into our communities as gifts which are never rejected. He calls us to love immigrants rather than hate them for love has no boundaries. He calls us to serve immigrants rather than ignore them for the greatest is the one who serves. He calls us to treat immigrants as our brothers and sisters rather than enemies for brothers and sisters are inseparable. He calls us to see immigrants as humans rather than objects for all human beings are created in the image of God.This book will not only give you information but a message that will transform your perception of immigrants. As you read it, you will come to the realization that human dignity does not expire like a visa. As you come to the end of this book, you will be led to conclude that no one is illegal in the eyes of God. As you reflect on what you read, you will hear the voice calling you to love and serve all humanity. As you encounter immigrants in your community, you will be led to denounce the injustices they face and, in effect, be their messenger of hope. It is my hope that this book will empower you to step into your greatness and respond to your true calling to love. Professor Patrick Businge, Founder of Greatness University
The painful reality faced by refugees and migrants is one of the greatest moral challenges of our time, in turn, becoming a focus of significant scholarship. This volume examines the global phenomenon of migration in its theological, historical, and socio-political dimensions and of how churches and faith communities have responded to the challenges of such mass human movement. The contributions reflect global perspectives with contributions from African, Asian, European, North American, and South American scholars and contexts. The essays are interdisciplinary, at the intersection of religion, anthropology, history, political science, gender and post-colonial studies. The volume brings together a variety of perspectives, inter-related by ecclesiological and theological concerns.
This report looks at integration policies in the member states of the Council of Europe. It focuses on lessons learned since 1991 in the areas of diversity and cohesion, citizenship and participation, management of migratory movements and minority protection and describes the necessary components of social cohesion policies that promote the inclusion of migrants into societies. The report identifies ways and means of establishing positive community relations for European societies through the promotion of a political, economic, cultural and legal environment favourable to diversity and the promotion of human cohesion. Migration statistics and information on the state of ratification of European conventions are included in the annex.
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This open access book explores how research and policymaking in the field of migrant integration have developed historically and how this interrelationship plays out in the strongly politicised climate of opinions on migration in Europe. It features interdisciplinary theoretical contributions as well as original empirical studies on research-policy dialogues at both the EU and country level. The chapters study not only how the dialogue between research and policy is structured (such as advisory bodies, research agencies, and ad-hoc committees), but also how these dialogues affect policymaking and the development of migrant integration research itself as well. The analysis reveals profound changes in the dialogue structures associated with the research-policy nexus in the domain of migrant integration. On the one hand, dialogue structures have become more ad-hoc, often established in response to distinct political events or to specific problems. On the other, politicisation has not thwarted all efforts to develop more institutionalised dialogue structures between producers and users of knowledge. In addition, research has contributed to policymaking in very different ways in various European countries. This edited volume is unique in this effort to reflect on the impact of research-policy dialogues both on the development of migrant integration policies as well as on migrant integration research. It will be of importance to scholars in this field as well as to policymakers and other stakeholders involved in migrant integration policymaking.
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This collection of the Pope's writings and talks on the plight of migrants and refugees shows his deep knowledge and concern. It points out how followers of Christ are obliged to understand the root causes of mass movement of peoples and to act in light of their suffering.
In this rich study, Roxana Barbulescu examines the transformation of state-led immigrant integration in two relatively new immigration countries in Western Europe: Italy and Spain. The book is comparative in approach and seeks to explain states' immigrant integration strategies across national, regional, and city-level decision and policy making. Barbulescu argues that states pursue no one-size-fits-all strategy for the integration of migrants, but rather simultaneously pursue multiple strategies that vary greatly for different groups. Two main integration strategies stand out. The first one targets non-European citizens and is assimilationist in character and based on interventionist principles according to which the government actively pursues the inclusion of migrants. The second strategy targets EU citizens and is a laissez-faire scenario where foreigners enjoy rights and live their entire lives in the host country without the state or the local authorities seeking their integration. The empirical material in the book, dating from 1985 to 2015, includes systematic analyses of immigration laws, integration policies and guidelines, historical documents, original interviews with policy makers, and statistical analysis based on data from the European Labor Force Survey. While the book draws on evidence from Italy and Spain in an effort to bring these case studies to the core of fundamental debates on immigration and citizenship studies, its broader aim is to contribute to a better understanding of state interventionism in immigrant integration in contemporary Europe. The book will be a useful text for students and scholars of global immigration, integration, citizenship, European integration, and European society and culture.