A new Migration Policy Institute Europe report argues that an effective communications strategy, “though often not at the top of policymakers’ to-do lists, is integral to the success or failure of integration policies.”
But government communications related to immigrant integration in the wake of the 2015-2016 refugee crisis “have often occurred in ad hoc fashion, clustered around narratives that offer either unabashedly positive views of diversity or fear-mongering about costs, social cohesion and crime resulting from migrant arrivals,” MPI said in a news release about the report.
The report, “Communicating Strategically about Immigrant Integration: Policymaker Perspectives,” is available here.
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