Federal Minister of the Interior launches “Integration on tour”

Policy Response DateMarch 31, 2008 Country: Austria General Type: Discrimination, Equality/Integration Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Employment - labour market, Housing, Health and social protection, Education, Culture, Integration - social cohesion, Daily life

On March 31st, 2008 the Minister of the Interior started his campaign “integration on tour”. Within two months the exhibition on integration (dealing with issues like origin, religion, education, language, labour market and housing) can be visited in 23 different locations all over Austria. Several more or less well-known people with migratory background were adopted as role models for the campaign. The Austrian Integration Fund published a booklet called “Integration: Numbers, data and facts 2008”. It gives an overview of the most relevant socio-demographic data concerning migrants.

Source: http://www.bmi.gv.at/cms/BMI_OeffentlicheSicherheit/2008/05_06/files/Integration.pdf (01.05.2008).