"TIES" stands for The Integration of European Second Generation (www.tiesproject.eu). The TIES research group initiated international comparative research on the second generation in Europe. The network includes researchers from eight countries Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland under the coordination of the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES) at the University of Amsterdam. The aim is to examine the situation of young adults (aged 18 to 35), born in the country of immigration to parents coming from Turkey, Morocco and the Successor States of Yugoslavia (SSYU) and analyse it by contrasting it to the situation of the autochthonous youth. The country report pursues a mainly descriptive aim, regarded as a basis for developing further comparative international analysis. In spite of this limited scope, it is very instructive as it provides detailed information on a quite unknown segment of second generation of labour migration.
