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According to a report by the British Council and the Migration Policy Group, Lithuania has USA/Europe’s worst policies in dealing with the challenges of integrating immigrants
The study, published by the British Council and the Migration Policy Group, ranked 31 countries in Europe and North America on their policies towards integrating immigrants.
Using a variety of different critiera, including employment opportunities, access to education and anti-discrimination legislation, experts from all around the world scored countries on how well their policies fitted with international standards upheld by the EU.
According to the report, Sweden is on top. The other four highest-ranking countries were Portugal, Canada, Finland and the Netherlands, while the bottom five were Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia, Cyprus and Latvia. The UK was ranked in 12th position, equal with Germany, while the US was ranked in 9th place. Overall, within Europe and North America there was significant disparity, with Sweden being given a score of 83 points out of 100 for its policies, and Lithuania only 31 points.
Thomas Huddleston, an analyst at the Migration Policy Group, said that although many countries still needed to work on their immigration policies, the report showed a “slow but steady” improvement since the last time the report was published in 2007. On average, countries had moved up by one point, with some countries, such as Greece, improving by as much as 10 points. Some countries, however, were scored lower than in the 2007 report: including Italy, which dropped one point, and the UK, which dropped 10 points, the biggest decrease of any country.
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