"People will have a choice of durable solutions, either return or local integration.
With European money for agricultural projects, it agreed to provide self-reliance opportunities and local integration for Guatemalan refugees.
"Chinese tourists do a European tour, as the Japanese did 25 years ago, with very modest local integration," he said.
The new requirement for all areas to produce local integration plans by 2020 will bring a wearying sense of déjà vu.
Yet the benefits of local integration and leadership have been demonstrated time and time again, most recently with welfare-to-work schemes.
As for solutions, voluntary repatriation provides the most durable response, followed by local integration and resettlement to a third country, although this option is open to few refugees.
Instead, they are pursuing a policy of "local integration": transferring property ownership, ensuring equal access to services and encouraging self-sufficiency rather than dependency on the state.
For some local integration on the other side of the city, try the Sea Cloud Bathing House in Hongqiao (67 Panyu Road 6407 0011) where Shanghainese go about their daily business.
Building urban centres for refugees is a good idea, but only if they can provide the opportunity for host communities to interact with refugees and therefore facilitate their local integration.
This type of legislation prevents municipalities from developing an independent local integration policy.
Finally, Global or Local integration (6) is obtained by calculation, simultaneously.
