Cities of Migration

Cities of Migration showcases good ideas in immigrant integration and promotes innovative practices that create inclusion and urban prosperity.

Live

Auckland, New Zealand

Swimming to Safety

Meeting the needs of the Auckland region through water safety coordination and education
Work

Helsinki, Finland

Immigrant Businesses get a Helping Hand

Supporting immigrant entrepreneurs before problems arise.
Learn

New York City, United States

Language-Wise in the Global Classroom

An innovative urban high school invites immigrant youth back to the classroom to learn from one another
Connect

Boston, United States

MIRA: Media Advocacy With A Human Face

Using personal stories to re-frame a communications campaign
Plan

Duisburg, Germany

The Miracle of Marxloh: Bringing A Community Together Around A New Mosque

Participatory planning means social inclusion for all residents and cause for celebration for the community at large

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Conversations

Opinion Ensuring Diversity Becomes an Asset for Everyone

Thorbjørn Jagland says empowering newcomers is the “only appropriate policy choice in a democratic society.” Read more.

Interview Policy, Politics and Participation

Conversations Mentoring Improves Employment Outcomes for Skilled Immigrants

eNewsletter April 2013 Conversations in Integration

Learning Exchange

Upcoming Webinar Oslo Extra Large: Measuring Up, Making Diversity Count

June 5 - Join Toralv Moe, Senior Advisor, Business Development and Diversity with the City of Oslo, for an update on the city’s ambitious plan to be ‘A City for All’. Learn how Oslo is putting intercultural policy to the test and raising its diversity and integration index by measuring the city’s progress on equality, opportunity and inclusion since the 2001 launch of its Oslo Extra Large campaign. In conversation with: Irena Guidikova, Intercultural Cities, Council of Europe.Read More.

New Webinar Video Receiving Communities: Preparing a Culture of Welcome

Learn how small-to-medium cities like Boise, United States, and Erfurt, Germany, are successfully bringing newcomers and receiving communities together with innovative programs and a clear message about the two-way benefits of immigrant integration.Read More.

PublicationsCanada: Municipal Leadership on Immigrant Integration

Featured Video

Municipal Leadership

Mayors on Migration

“I want our city to be the first destination for immigrants because they are going to create the jobs, create the new companies, the businesses of the future. We have to be the most welcoming cities we can be.”

Rahm Emanuel Mayor, Chicago, US
“Bilbao is an open city. At the City Council we encourage values of coexistence, dialogue and management of cultural diversity. In Bilbao, all persons, whether from Bilbao or outside, have the same opportunities and access to services offered by the city.”

Iñaki Azkuna Mayor, Bilbao, Spain
Boise was built by immigrants. Our city has long been a place where people came from around the world to find economic opportunity and build a better life.

David H. Bieter Mayor, Boise, US
“Migrant enterprises are an important factor for the Munich economy and serve as models of acceptance, diversity and integration.”

Christian Ude Lord Mayor, Munich, Germany
“I am committed to ensuring that everyone in Boston benefits from vibrant, inclusive communities and we are working every day to help new Bostonians to become more acquainted with our city.”

Mayor Thomas M. Menino Boston, US
“…we know immigrants are behind more than three of every four patents from leading universities, the federal laws that send so many of them back to their home countries look even more patently wrong.”

Mayor Michael Bloomberg New York, US
“…we don’t create programs just ‘for migrants’ but rather with a focus on mutual participation.”

Mayor Jürgen Roters Cologne, Germany