Europe: Law

Immigration and integration
The recently (15 Oct 2007) published Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) shows the level of migrant integration endorsed by all the EU states (excluding Bulgaria and Romania and including Switzerland, Norway and Canada).
MIPEX is a handy quick-reference guide to migrant integration policies in Europe. Using over 100 policy indicators it scores countries on six key dimensions of integration policy. Alongside the policy indicators, the Index also provides a rich fact file of background information on migration for each country.
The research is based on data privided by independent experts from all involved countries. That data was then compiled within the designed framework by Migration Policy Group and the whole process was overseen by the independent Scientific Advisory Committee.
The clear winner is Sweden which tops the table in all six categories while the country least favouring migration was found to be Latvia. The full results are below.

  TOTAL   LMA   FR   LTR   PP   ATN   AD  
1 SE 526 SE 100 SE 92 SE 76 SE 93 SE 71 SE 94
2 PT 476 ES 90 PT 84 BE 74 NO 86 BE 71 PT 87
3 BE 413 PT 90 IT 79 NO 72 LU 84 PT 69 HU 85
4 NL 407 IT 85 CA 76 ES 70 FI 81 CA 67 CA 85
5 FI 403 CA 80 SI 71 UK 67 NL 80 UK 62 UK 81
6 CA 400 CH 75 LT 68 PT 67 PT 79 IE 62 NL 81
7 IT 388 EE 75 FI 68 PL 67 DE 66 FR 54 FR 81
8 NO 387 BE 75 ES 66 IT 67 EU-15 60 NL 51 SI 79
9 UK 377 NO 70 PL 66 DK 67 IE 59 CZ 50 FI 75
10 ES 367 NL 70 NO 66 NL 66 BE 57 EU-15 48 BE 75
11 FR 330 FI 70 MT 66 MT 65 CH 55 PL 45 IT 69
12 SI 329 EU-15 64 UK 61 FI 65 IT 55 LU 45 EU-15 66
13 LU 328 UK 60 DE 61 SI 63 DK 55 All 28 44 CY 60
14 DE 318 SI 60 EE 61 CZ 63 FR 52 FI 44 All 28 59
15 IE 318 All 28 58 BE 61 EU-15 61 ES 50 CH 44 EU-25 58
16 CH 301 EU-25 56 NL 59 EE 61 UK 46 EU-25 43 IE 58
17 HU 290 SK 55 EU-15 59 CA 60 All 28 46 SI 41 GR 58
18 CZ 289 LT 55 All 28 58 GR 60 EU-25 43 ES 41 LU 56
19 EE 276 DE 50 CZ 58 All 28 60 CZ 41 SK 40 NO 54
20 LT 268 IE 50 EU-25 57 EU-25 59 AT 34 NO 39 ES 50
21 SK 268 FR 50 EU-10 55 EU-10 57 CA 32 LT 38 DE 50
22 DK 264 CZ 50 LU 50 AT  55 EE 30 DE 38 EU-10 48
23 PL 263 EU-10 45 IE 50 DE 53 HU 29 EU-10 37 LT 48
24 MT 247 AT 45 HU 50 CH 51 EU-10 20 HU 36 PL 46
25 GR 238 LU 45 FR 45 SK 51 MT 19 CY 36 SK 44
26 CY 233 HU 40 CH 43 LV 51 CY 18 IT 33 AT 42
27 AT 232 GR 40 LV 42 HU 50 SI 15 DK 33 MT 38
28 LV 182 DK 40 GR 41 LU 48 SK 14 MT 29 CH 33
  EU-10 262 CY 40 SK 38 FR 48 PL 14 EE 26 LV 33
  EU-15 358 MT 30 DK 36 CY 47 GR 14 LV 25 DK 33
  EU-25 316 PL 25 AT 34 LT 47 LT 12 GR 25 CZ 27
  All 28 325 LV 20 CY 32 IE 39 LV 11 AT 22 EE 23
Legend:
LMA: Labour market access
FR: Family reunion
LTR: Long-term residence
PP: Political participation
ATN: Access to nationality
AD: Anti-discrimination