ABSTRACT
Research on immigrant integration originated in the so-called “settler” states of the US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. However, the increasing number of international migrants worldwide and the changing global nature of contemporary flows have generated an interest in evaluating the fit of theoretical models generated in the settler states to the integration of migrants elsewhere. This chapter explores typologies of immigrant integration across a broad range of contexts, including the US, Europe, and the Middle East. The idiosyncrasies of the migratory experience, particularly in non-democratic regimes, suggest that we are far from uncovering universal migratory truths.
