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International Society of Science and Applied Technologies |
| Modeling of Social Integration Policies Considering Differences in Immigrant Intake between Municipalities | ||||
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Takahito Araki
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| Co-Author(s) |
Mitsutaka Kimura; Toshio Nakagawa
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| Abstract | In recent years, many developed countries have been
actively accepting immigrants against the backdrop of declining birthrates, and have also been accepting large numbers of refugees on humanitarian grounds. However, as the number of immigrants and refugees in host countries increases, concerns may arise among the citizens of the host country regarding differences in values and deteriorating public safety, and as a result, antiimmigrant sentiment may grow among the citizens of the country. Some studies suggest that growing antiimmigrant sentiment among citizens of host countries could trigger riots. According to research by sociologists specializing in immigration, the government can reduce the antiimmigrant sentiment by implementing social integration policies (such as language education and social services for immigrants). However, since implementing such policies entails economic costs, the government must conduct public opinion surveys at appropriate intervals to monitor the rise in anti-immigrant sentiment and implement social integration policies at the right time. In addition to the above, another point to consider here is that when a country accepts immigrants and refugees, they are not distributed evenly across all municipalities. The number of immigrants and refugees each municipality accepts varies depending on various factors, such as its capacity to accommodate them and the networks of existing immigrant communities. Because the number of immigrants accepted varies by municipality, the likelihood of anti-immigrant sentiment arising also varies from municipality to municipality. During the European refugee crisis triggered by the large-scale influx of refugees from the Middle East in 2015, Germany accepted as many as one million refugees in the short span of 2015 to 2016. However, there were significant disparities in the number of refugees accepted by local municipalities across Germany, and it was found that municipalities that accepted a large number of refugees experienced a worsening of anti-immigrant sentiment and an increase in antiimmigrant riots [6]. Furthermore, when anti-immigrant sentiment is evident at the local government level, it can be argued that it ultimately becomes necessary for the nation as a whole to implement social integration policies. A prime example of this is the “ Refugee and Immigrant Integration Act ” enacted by Germany at the national level in 2016, which established social integration policies covering language education, vocational training, employment assistance, and housing support Based on the research interests outlined above, this study focuses on the relationship between the number of immigrants accepted by municipalities in a country and the probability that anti-immigrant sentiment will rise when that the country accepts immigrants. To this end, this study applies a multi-component system of the ispection model to model the optimal timing for implementing social integration policies at the national level.
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| Keywords | Social Integration, Inspection Policy, Social Structure, Riot, Stochastic Model | |||
| Article #: RQD2026-147 | ||||
Proceedings of 31st ISSAT International Conference on Reliability & Quality in Design |