Immigration, as a fact of life today, has to be understood within a world interconnected at a global level. Present-day migrations are yet another player in this interconnection, which involves constant and intensive information and communication flows and networks.
The main objective of the programme is to analyse the effects of interconnection on immigration and especially the role of information networks in immigration contexts. Interconnection is becoming a central element between the society of origin - family members and potential immigrants - and the destination society -immigrants and immigration networks. It means gaining a better understanding of who the new immigration agents are in the information society, and putting a focus on the form and content of communications in migration contexts. Information and communication technologies, as an element for generating new information and communications options for immigrants, will be an inherent and notable feature of this programme.
The Immigration and the Information Society programme sets itself the main objective of providing new elements of knowledge to design and implement new immigration policies based on accepting the inevitability of immigration, and designing programmes that help to maximise the opportunities of migratory movements for both the origin and destination societies.
The Immigration and the Information Society programme will promote research that takes an empirical approach, with a clear determination to improve knowledge on international immigration.
