Reframing Integration
The impact of residence categorisation on labour market opportunities for migrants
What if integration policy segments people before they ever reach the labour market?
In the Netherlands, newcomers are not assessed primarily on their motivation or skills, but on their residence status. This paper explores how this early categorisation leads to structural labour market segmentation—and how things can be done differently.
Based on 8 years of research by OpenEmbassy and a re-analysis of 25 integration studies, this paper identifies systemic patterns that determine who gets access to support, when, and under what conditions.
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