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Integration of Syrian refugees

3.4. Integration of immigrants
The migration integration policy index (MIPEX) measures policies to integrate migrants in several host countries,
which classifies the indicators as favorable (80–100), slightly favorable (60–79), halfway favorable (41–59), slightly
unfavorable (21–40), unfavorable (1–20), and critically unfavorable (zero). Canada presented the highest overall score
followed by Australia and Germany [Figure 5]. Considering the different policy areas, Canada had favorable values
for labor market mobility and anti-discrimination. Germany had favorable values for labor market mobility. The
United Kingdom had favorable values for anti-discrimination. Greece had slightly unfavorable values for health status
and education of immigrants, while Italy had slightly unfavorable values for education. These results indicate that Canada,
the United Kingdom, and Australia seem to have more favorable integration policies than countries like Greece.

Figure 5. Migration Integration Policy Index across different policy areas, 2014.
Source: Barcelona Centre for International Affairs and Migration Policy Group, Migration Integration Policy Index, 2014 (http://
www.mipex.eu/)

Figure 6. Activity performed during the past 7 days.
Source: European Social Surveys, 2010; 2012; 2014

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