Where is the EU’s Migrant Integration Policy Heading?

Abstract

This article investigates the trajectory the EU's policy on the integration of migrants has followed in approximately 20 years of its existence. Drawing upon neofunctionalist theory, it aims to assess whether the EU's role in the matter is expanding or stalling. Empirically, this article considers the succession of financial schemes explicitly tackling integration, in light of the fact that they constitute valuable indicators of the direction, breadth and stringency of a given policy. I therefore compare the funds allocated to integration in the 2007-2013, 2014-2020 and 2021-2027 multiannual financial frameworks. I find that the process underway is dual: whilst the EU's role is clearly receding in terms of substantive policy points, it appears to be widening on the procedural side.

Модель Європеїзації Мігрантів, Як Спосіб Подолання Міграційної Кризи В Країнах Європи

“…It is expected that the migration crisis in the EU has attracted the attention of many scientists. Thus, the study of migration policy of the Union, mechanisms for improving the regulation of migration flows, threats from the growth of illegal migration to the EU for the economic security of the Community and the benefits for the European community from foreign migrants is the work of foreign scholars such as N. Conti [1], D. Di Mauro [1], W. Memoli [1], P. Van Wollegham [2], J. Estevens [3], P. Schubgem [4], A. Potirava [5], S. Shvets [6] and etc. Also, this issue is sufficiently covered in the research of Ukrainian scientists, such as O. Dlugopolska [7], Y. Khalilova-Chuvaeva [8], I. Bubnov [8], O. Malinovska [9], K. Novosad [ 10], N. Pak [11], A. Khomyak [12], V. Algash [13], A. Pittel [13], etc., because labor migration to the EU has long been an integral part of household realities of life of Ukrainians.Аналіз останніх досліджень, у яких започатковано вирішення проблеми.…”