International Law Bulletin / 02_2015
LEGAL MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION
EU DEVELOPMENTS AND UPDATES
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS
Austria: On 30th April 2015 the results of the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) were presented in Austria. Overall, Austria’s integration policies were evaluated as being “halfway favourable”, however the results also showed that there is room for improvement in areas such as political participation and access to nationality.
France: In order to improve the reception conditions of migrants, an internal memorandum has been sent to the competent services on March 12th 2015, to abolish the medical examination compulsory for certain categories of migrants, in particular foreign students applying for a change of status.
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