Migration and Integration in Flanders

Christiane Timmerman is professor and head of the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Antwerp. Noel Clycq is visiting professor at the University of Antwerp. He holds the chair in European Values: Discourses and Prospects at the Faculty of Arts and is a member of the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS). Fran ois Levrau has obtained his PhD in social science at the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) and is currently a postdoctoral assistant at the Centre Pieter Gillis, University of Antwerp. Lore Van Praag is a postdoctoral researcher in the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Antwerp. Dirk Vanheule is professor of law, dean of the Faculty of Law, and chairperson of the Centre for Migration and Intercultural Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Antwerp.

• Foreword Godfried EngbersenIntroduction: migration-integration dynamics in Flanders Christiane Timmerman, Noel Clycq, François Levrau, Lore Van Praag and Dirk VanheulePart I: Setting the scene for understanding integration dynamics in Flanders/Belgium 1. Europe and the Human Rights Imaginary: Do Perceptions of Human Rights in Europe Aff ect Migration Aspirations? Christiane Timmerman, Gert Verschraegen and Kenneth Hemmerechts 2. Fundamental Rights as a Catalyst for Integration Sanne Van de Pol, Dirk Vanheule, and Noel Clycq 3. ‘You can’t escape from it. It’s in your blood’: Naturalising Ethnicity and Strategies to Ensure Family and In-group Cohesion Noel ClycqPart II: Integration dynamics and societal institutions in Flemish society 4. Key Problems in Primary Health Care – Qualitative Research on Prevention Amongst Physicians Working in a Superdiverse Context David De Coninck, François Levrau and Falke Tibax 5. Ethnic Bound School Choice: Tolerance Thresholds Motivated by In-group Preferences, Out-group Avoidance and an Ethnic Proxy for Academic Quality Ward Nouwen, Anneloes Vandenbroucke and Steven Groenez 6. ‘We hold on to the ones we have’: Addressing School Mobility to Facilitate ‘Stable’ Educational Trajectories, a Case-study of an Urban High School in Flanders Rut Van Caudenberg, Noel Clycq, Ward Nouwen and Christiane Timmerman 7. Creating Bonding Social Capital: the Case of the Polish Community School in Flanders Edith Piqueray, Noel Clycq and Christiane Timmerman 8. ‘We trust them, because they are receptive’: Intercultural Mediation to Overcome Barriers between Roma and Mainstream Education Didier Boost 9. Can the Introduction of a Th ird Party Improve the Quality of Work for Migrant Domestic Workers? The Case of the Service Voucher System in Belgium Joris Michielsen 10. Does Migration Motive Matter for Migrants’ Employment Outcomes? The Case of Belgium. Dries Lens, Ive Marx and Sunčica Vujić