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Migration Agency (MiA)
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About this good practice
The Migration Agency of Burgenlandkreis is a one-stop-shop to improve integration by offering different services under one roof in a separate building.
Resources needed
BLK invested in a separeted building within the administration complex. Altough recommended, this is not strongly needed, since it´s sufficient when workers sit nearby, but having its own management. Additional resources are not required as its personnel would otherwise work at different offices.
Evidence of success
In Saxony-Anhalt, 7% of the total workers are migrants, while in BLK it is 11%, being the MiA the one that enabled the job placement of migrants. This process is faster since all workers are involved in the complex labor market integration (case management, short distances between departments, workers know each other, problematic cases are also solved more quickly, gaps are noticed more quickly and workers can react to them faster).
Potential for learning or transfer
A Migration Agency can be developed and implemented in any administration, that deals with integration matters. In Germany, the MiA is a unique structure, for which other German district administrations already showed interest.
This kind of administrative structure is highly useful in countries with federal structures, as the states are the ones having the integration competencies. In countries with a centralized national regulation of the integration processes, a Migration Agency wouldn´t be efficient, since the national competence would apply equaly to every region.
In rural areas, a Migration Agency can be particularly interesting, since having all migration-related departments under one roof solves the mobility problem with public transport.