New Article - Migration and integration policies at the local level

New Digop Article Out!

Andrea Carlá and Johanna Mitterhofer have published an article titled Migration and integration policies at the local level.

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Abstract Situated within the local turn in migration studies, this contribution analyzes the development of policies towards migration, integration, and asylum in South Tyrol from their inception in 1998 to 2021. An Italian province with German and Ladin-speaking population and a sophisticated autonomy to protect their language/culture, South Tyrol witnessed the increasing arrival of migrants and more recently of asylum seekers. By looking at the evolution of South Tyrolean policies, the article highlights issues of continuity and changes in the developments of migration and integration policies at the sub-state level. The analysis reveals the evolution, contradictions and challenges of policies dealing with governance of migration at the local level. In particular, it traces: the intersection between migration issues and the politics of substate nationalism; the conflicts between levels of governance that emerged over time; and the links and common traits between the evolution of migration and integration policy and the development of asylum-related policy.