Press Release: Helping local authorities to integrate migrants

The increasing number of workers migrating within the European Union has put the integration issue high on the policy agenda of national and local policymakers. To support the social and economic integration and full participation of migrants, especially at local level, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions launched the 'Network of Cities for Local Integration Policy' (CLIP) on 11 September 2006. The CLIP network brings together 25 large European cities in a joint learning process which will extend over several years. It aims to support the social and economic integration and full participation of migrants, to combat social inequalities and discrimination of migrants, to create conditions leading to peaceful coexistence between migrants and the native population and to help migrants to preserve their own cultural identity.