Date: 2014
Type: Technical Report
Integration policy instruments in Estonia
Technical Report, Migration Policy Centre, INTERACT Research Report, Country Reports, 2014/21
JAKOBSON, Mari-Liis, Integration policy instruments in Estonia, Migration Policy Centre, INTERACT Research Report, Country Reports, 2014/21 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33134
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This research report gives an overview of the context and tools of integration policies in Estonia. As the overview suggests, the sphere of integration policy is in tension and is partially securitised, particularly due to conflicting goals with the Compatriot Policy of the Russian Federation. The field of integration is still dominantly focused on the Russophone population who immigrated to Estonia during the Soviet period. Estonian At the same time, integration policies are also beginning to deal with new immigrants, and the government institutions are starting to implement policies targeted to that particular group. There are also three distinct groups of nongovernmental organisations operating in the field of integration policy: the cultural associations funded by the government and in accordance with national integration policy goals, the political minority associations—among which several probably receive funding from Russia, and NGOs providing services, which have rather different profiles. However, there are also a number of for-profit firms, public schools etc. that get funding from the state integration budget and provide services. This results from the outsourcing of integration-related activities by government institutions.
Additional information:
INTERACT - Researching Third Country Nationals’ Integration as a Three-way Process - Immigrants, Countries of Emigration and Countries of Immigration as Actors of Integration
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/33134
External link: http://interact-project.eu/
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/
http://www.migrationpolicycentre.eu/
Series/Number: Migration Policy Centre; INTERACT Research Report; Country Reports; 2014/21
Sponsorship and Funder information:
INTERACT is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union
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