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Social investment as a means of integrating immigrants in Europe

In: Social Investment and Social Welfare

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  • Steinar Stjernø

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This chapter by Steinar Stjernø discusses the role of social investment as a means of integrating immigrants in Europe. The total foreign-born population of the European Union (EU) now constitutes 21 million persons, and in recent years, more than 1 million persons have been seeking asylum every year. A large share of immigrants are young people of working age. The author discusses the idea of social investment in EU immigration policy. First, the chapter describes the number and distribution of immigrants from non-EU countries. Second, the development of the role of the idea of social investment in the EU’s normative framework is analysed, with a particular focus on immigrants and the intnionegration of immigrants into the labour market. Third, the chapter concludes with a discussion of the relationship between declarations and actions. Key words: social investment, international social welfare, immigration, social integration, European Union

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  • Steinar Stjernø, 2017. "Social investment as a means of integrating immigrants in Europe," Chapters, in: James Midgley & Espen Dahl & Amy Conley Wright (ed.), Social Investment and Social Welfare, chapter 11, pages 196-215, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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