Migration and integration of newcomers in our societies are themes to be discussed from a population studies perspective. Since the demographic impact as such seems to be rather marginal, it is meaningful to focus on aspects of integration.
These Papers include e.g. M. Poulain & A. Herm: An overview and comparison of the state of migration in EU countries:what the data reveal ; Y. Courbage: Immigration and integration of migrants from Maghreb in some European countries-challenges for the future research ; C.Hintermann: Research impact analysis and discussion-report from the technical meeting in Vienna 2001 and future research in the field; R. Vetik: National integration in Estonia in the context of the ongoing EU accession