Ben Gidley, COMPAS, University of OxfordNorthern Ireland Strategic Migration Partnership , 19 April 2012
1. Local dynamics in settlement and integration
2. Local dimensions of attitudes to migrants
3. How local leadership can make a difference
4. Mobilising stakeholders
Significant variations, e.g.
Regional and local differences: not correlated to migrant presence – urban areas considerably less hostile – but not just urban areas
People more worried about national than local effect of migration
89%
69%
48% 45% 43%34%
27%
11%
24%
39%38%
55%
41% 54%
0% 7% 12% 18%2%
25% 19%
Patras Limassol Reggio Emilia Coimbra Dingli Valencia/PN Lyon
Negative Neutral Positive
Chart: Ipsos SPARDA First Wave report 2011
AMICALL: Attitudes to Migrants, Communication and Local Leadership
Research partners: Central University, Budapest (Hungary); COMPAS, Oxford (UK); EFMS, Bamberg (Germany); Erasmus, Rotterdam (Netherlands); FIERI, Turin (Italy); Complutense, Madrid (Spain)
Associate partners: Council of Europe; MPI Europehttp://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/research/urbanchan
ge/amicall/
Working with media Training frontline staff Facilitating meaningful contact Tension monitoring, early warning,
community agents Sharing intelligence Collaboration between LAs – and
between regions (e.g. COSLA/NISMP) Inclusive identities (e.g. One Scotland)
COMPAS http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk
AMICALL http://www.compas.ox.ac.uk/research/urbanchange/amicall/
Migration Observatory http://migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk