Book

11/07/2022

The Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEPS) in cooperation with Fondazione Socialismo and in collaboration with Comunità di Sant’Egidio, has carried out a wide research focusing on the integration of migrants.

The goal of this exercise was to provide European progressive forces with some useful guidelines on how to formulate integration policies that aim at the creation of a just and cohesive society.

The result is the book Of wall and bridges. Guidelines for a policy of reception and inclusion of migrants, which focuses on some of the most important areas in which migrants’ integration into the host societies take place – such as housing, civic participation, education, etc.

The authors move from two fundamental ideas. Firstly, we have to accept that, in a world in which goods and capitals move continually and freely, it is impossible and anachronistic to prevent the growing movement of people.

Secondly, integration, as migration, cannot be left to the free initiatives of the markets – or even worse of illegal businesses – but must be governed, in order to prevent illegality and ensure cohesion.

This book is both available in English and Italian.

Read the book (EN)

Read the book (IT)

Network
Find all related publications
Publications
16/11/2023

The political economy of migration policies

06/10/2023

Communicating on migration

Policy Brief series
20/06/2023

Towards a humane refugee policy for the EU

Reflections on the state of the EU’s migration and asylum policy
15/06/2023

The Sahel region: A litmus test for EU-Africa relations in a changing global order

'12 years of crises in the Sahel' series
Find all related Progressive Post
Progressive Post
30/11/2023

Is it time to turn down the volume on the migration debate?

29/09/2023

Lampedusa tragedy: 10 years later nothing has changed

Find all related events
Events
Past
08/11/2023
EP, Brussels (Expert meeting)

An Afro-European dialogue on migration

Progressive Migration Group policy briefs launch event
20/10/2023
Perugia, Italy (Hybrid)

Perspectives on migration

The political economy of migration policies across Europe
10/10/2023
Brussels, Belgium (Hybrid)

Towards a humane refugee policy for the EU

Book launch
Find all related news
News
07/12/2023

Call for Tender – Research on Migration

Research on the implementation of the New Pact on Migration after its adoption, or on the consequences of non-adoption 
26/01/2023

Grzegorz Pietruczuk is FEPS Progressive Person of the Year

FEPS Progressive Person of the Year 2023
10/12/2022

Multiannual research project: Disinformation about migration in the EU

How to counteract disinformation effectively?
Find all related in the media
In the media

Total honesty and far-right lies

by IPS Journal 04/12/2023
Dive into the insightful analysis published in IPS Journal by Tom Theuns, Assist. Prof at Leiden University, and László Andor, FEPS Secretary General, examining the Dutch election results and the conclusions that need to be drawn for a successful EU Integration

Is it time to turn down the volume on the migration debate?

by IPS Journal 13/11/2023
IPS Journal article about FEPS policy briefs 'Communicating on migration'