POLITYKA INTEGRACYJNA IMIGRANTÓW NA POZIOMIE LOKALNYM NA PRZYKŁADZIE WYBRANYCH MIAST W NIEMCZECH I WIELKIEJ BRYTANII

The main purpose of this article is to present the characteristics of organizations dealing with immigrant integration and of integration initiatives implemented at the local level in two medium-sized cities - Bielefeld in Germany and Bradford in the UK. An additional objective is to identify and compare how the Polish communities living in both cities take advantage of offered integration programmes. The article fits into the current debate on how to put integration policies that are adopted at the national level into practice, and how are local governments trying to respond to the problems of diverse immigrant communities.