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International migrants in Functional Urban Area 

Last December, the JRC launched a new exploratory research project looking at the link between migrant integration and local territories.

date:  18/01/2021

The goal of this activity is to assess the relationship between strategies of urban and territorial development supported by Cohesion Policy and the integration of migrants in five cases across the EU. The focus is on functional urban areas in Italy, Greece, France, Belgium and Sweden.

The research involves Unit B3 Territorial Development, and Unit E6 Demography, Migration and Governance, together with experts from Harokopio University, Malmö University, Politecnico di Milano, Sciences Po, Université de Liège and University College London.