MIGRANTS: BETWEEN TWO ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES AND BETWEEN TWO CULTURES

Abstract

The paper presents factors that lead to adaptive strategies which can be located on the continuum between isolation (ethnic enclaves) and assimilation in host countries. Adaptive strategies of migrants and their integration in host countries depend on: type of migration; origins of migration, kind of migration: family, group, individual, students, employees; qualifications of migrants; short- and long-term migration, etc. These strategies also depend on effective protection of human rights in host countries’ social policy and civil practice. By analysing and comparing the adaptive strategies utilised by different types of migrant in different host countries and coupling their choice with the actual social policy defining the scope of socio-cultural integration, it is possible to identify the objective and subjective factors that influence a successful model of a social or socio-cultural integration.