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