Currently watching the quite long video from Fores' presentation of its project on how immigration can be succesfully managed, with cases from the UK, Germany, Canada and Sweden. The whole report is of quite some interest for my work, but this is particularly of the reports from Canada and Sweden. So far, it seems to me that the researchers are looking at this issue with too much focus on systems issues, i.e. to what extent does public policy choices affect outcomes. As often is the case, there is little attention paid to issues of social capital, agency and how the administration of public policy is organized. Still, interesting material for anyone who pays attention these questions...