Indicators of Citizenship Rights for Immigrants (ICRI) by WZB Berlin

The Indicators of Citizenship Rights for Immigrants (ICRI) measures the inclusiveness of a country’s policies toward immigrants along two dimensions – individual equality and cultural difference. This book chapter reviews the ICRI and identifies future directions for the measuring tool. The purpose of the ICRI is to provide a cross comparative analysis of outcomes from the sets of indicators captured by the index. The ICRI’s key strengths lie in its theoretical foundations, unique contributions, broad coverage of countries and open access. However, these strengths are tempered by various limitations, including its focus on only certain subgroups of migrants, its Euro-centric approach, limited engagement with and application of the index by policy makers and more broadly across the research community, and methodological concerns related to the selection and scoring of indicators. In closing, future directions are suggested to ensure the continued viability of this index.