Séminaire MIM. EU-MIDIS: Key findings from the European Union Minorities and Discrimination Survey

Ethnicité et ‘race’ : concepts, classifications, usages scientifiques et politiques      

Conférence de Jo Goodey (Fundamental Rights Agency)

Discutant : Patrick Simon (INED) 

While the composition of Member States’ populations is becoming increasingly diverse, the FRA reports have consistently shown that there is a severe lack of data on minorities in many countries. This continued lack of (comparable) data makes it difficult for policy-makers at national and EU level to develop and target interventions to combat discrimination and victimisation against minorities.
The FRA has therefore conducted a major representative survey -EU-MIDIS- involved face-to-face interviews with 23,500 persons from selected immigrant and ethnic minority groups in all 27 Member States of the European Union. 5,000 persons from the majority population were also interviewed to compare the results. The questionnaire is examining experiences of discriminatory treatment, racist crime, victimisation, awareness of rights, and reporting of complaints.

EU-MIDIS provides primary survey data collected from selected ethnic minority and immigrant persons resident in the EU Member States. This survey data will support policy-makers and other key stakeholders in developing evidence-based and targeted policies that address discriminatory, racist practices, and improve support structures for victims of discrimination and racist crime.

Conférence en Anglais