Immigrants in EU: How do local governments help immigrants to integrate

Due to the process of expansion in EU, the immigration has gained a key role in world politics. Integration policies are not new, as we can see in some countries date back to the 1980. There have been important shifts in the debates on integration and in related re configurations of integration policymaking in the past decade. The purpose of the present study was to assess the migration trends in EU countries. Secondly the researcher aimed to evaluate the ways which the local governments adopt to help the immigrants population. Thirdly, the researcher aimed to evaluate the circumstances (social, political or economic) which are created by migration. Fourthly, the researcher aimed to assess the efforts of the host governments for the integration policy for the immigrants in EU. To meet the above mentioned objectives the researcher reviewed researches which are based on primary or secondary data. For answering the various sections of the dissertation, the researcher also have taken the support of departmental information provided on the sites of the various states. As a result, the immigration population facing problems including: language barrier, difficulty in finding accommodation, employment issues, difficulty in adopting a new culture which has different values, norms, beliefs, religion, race, ethnicity, and foods as their native. They face discrimination in various aspects of their life (e.g. employment). The immigrant students also face above issues. Further, the students face financial problems as well as difficulties in school admission process. On the other hand the locals also face various problems with the immigrants as they also have to adjust with the people of different culture in society, workplace and public places. Further, the locals' belief that the immigrants are responsible for crime, terror and un-employment in EU countries. The findings of the research showed with the educational and economic uplifts the immigration towards EU countries increased from around the globe. To handle such massive immigration and increase the immigrant integration, the EU countries have introduced various integration programs. To support immigrant integration, one of the main recent trends is the linkage of integration policy with admission policy. A second trend is the increasing use of obligatory integration measures and integration conditions in naturalization process , and third, integration policymaking is increasingly influenced by European developments, both through vertical (more or less binding regulations, directives etc.) and through horizontal processes (policy learning between states) of policy convergence. An increasing number of EU Member States have, in fact, adopted integration related measures as part of their admission policy, while the impact of such measures on integration processes of immigrants is far less clear. The present research suggests for compromising to locals as well as to immigrants and acceptance the cultural diversity. The governments of member countries of EU should introduce to overcome "immigrant integration issues" while utilizing social institutions like education and mass media.