Impact of Admission Criteria on the Integration of Migrants (IMPACIM). Background Paper and Project Outline

This background paper sets out the context for the IMPACIM project and the key issues that it addresses, namely the impact of admission criteria that impose restrictive conditions of stay (in particular those relating to jobs, services, benefits and voting), on the economic, social, cultural and political integration of third country nationals in four EU Member States: Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom. It identifies the research questions and outlines the method through which the evidence and analysis will be conducted.