This new policy brief by the Migration Policy Group (MPG) - produced as part of the Regions for Migrants and Refugees Integration (REGIN) project - examines regional-level migrant integration policies, revealing gaps and variations between regions across the EU, and assesses how the EU Action Plan (2021-2027) can be an opportunity to address these gaps.

The brief finds that the most favourable conditions in terms of migrant integration and inclusion policies at the regional level can be found in health and education. Less favourable conditions are found in employment, housing and vocational training. Additionally, in terms of governance, although outcomes seem to improve with the involvement of external stakeholders (such as migrant-led associations, NGOs and employers), such involvement is found to occur only sporadically at the regional level, rather than systematically.

The brief makes several key policy recommendations including:

• increasing the support provided to local authorities for the inclusion and integration of migrants; 
• ensuring regular and systematic consultation of migrants and NGOs in the policy decision-making process; 
• improving the evaluation and monitoring of integration and inclusion policy implementation on a regional level. 

Read the full report online here, or find it attached below.