In recent decades, migration has become a major global phenomenon and
             Europe has received a significance share of it. In order to move along with
             the changing demands of society, various countries within Europe had to
             make modifications to their legislations. However, it was not until a
             decade ago that various countries have started to adopt policies that focus
             on migrant communities. The legislations that focus on the migrant's
             incorporation into the community is placed within civic integration
             The EU differentiates between two types of immigrants: those who
             are from within the EU and practice their right to free movement and those
             who are from outside the EU who are called third country nationals. The
             admission and settlement conditions between these two categories are
             significantly different and these differences contribute to the framework
             of civic integration policies within EU member countries. The term
             integration however has various meanings depending on the context that it
             is being use and who is using it. It can mean the framework of togetherness
             in society or it may refer to the extent in which an individual
             incorporates into the society. In recent years there have been various
             debates about civic integration practices in Europe. Some scholars see
             civic integration policies as a process of convergence towards
             Europeanisation. Other debate also focuses on the incorporation of civic
             integration policy, which is closely tied with immigrant policy, within
             immigration policy. This paper will highlight various contemporary
             scholarly debates around the issues of civic integration policies in the
             Civic integration originate in the Netherlands in the 1990's as a way
             to solve the problem of disproportionate immigrant unemployment,
             residential segregation, school dropout rates, which was common among
             Turkish and Moroccan populations (Joppke 2). However some scholars argue
             that the...