In the aftermath of the large inflow of asylum seekers in 2015, questions pertaining to values and norms in Swedish integration work have become more salient. Many integration providers experience an increased importance to communicate and convey norms and values in their daily work. This development, however, leaves many integration providers with question marks on how to best communicate, transmit, or argue for certain values and norms. This policy research alert spells out some of the recent developments and highlights a number of areas of integration to improve.

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Efter det stora inflödet av asylsökande 2015 har många frågor om normer och vär‐ deringar kommit i förgrunden i det svenska integrations‐ och inkluderingsarbetet. Många av de som arbetar med integration och inkludering upplever att det blivit allt viktigare för dem att kunna kommunicera och förmedla normer och värderingar i sitt dagliga arbete. Det reser många frågor om hur man bäst kommunicerar, för vidare eller argumenterar för normer och värderingar. I denna policy research alert sammanfattar vi den senaste tidens utveckling och pekar ut några områden där ar‐ betet med normer och värderingar behöver bli bättre.

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Although Poland has a self‐image of being a monolingual country, bilingualism and multilingualism are on the rise as a result of international migration. Currently, an increased number of limited Polish speaking pupils – both foreign‐born and Polish returned migrant students – attend Polish public schools at all levels. The Wielkopolska region has recently seen a rapid increase of foreign‐born pupils in primary and secondary schools. During the 2015/2016 school year there were 585 foreign‐born pupils in public schools in the region. Since then the number increased fivefold and at the beginning of the 2018/2019 school year it reached 3,200 pupils. The number of foreign‐born students continues to grow as students arrive and enrol in schools during the entire school year.

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The first NoVaMigra Policy Dialogue sought to identify the major challenges to a unified approach to migration and asylum in the European Union. Which are the requirements and particularities on the local, member state and European Union level any migration policy must meet? Do values claim the same motivational force on the level of policy-making? Is there a moment where normative arguments play a role? Or has value-based policy-making been replaced in favour of crisis management? These were some of the questions discussed with representatives from the European policy level, who shared their experiences and actively engaged in discussions with the researchers and other stakeholders in the policy dialogue.

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