This implies nothing less than the openness on the part of host societies to redefinition in the process of migrant integration and to the new notions of common identity that emerge through an ever contested notion of the common good and shared destiny of all residents. 7) An understanding and willingness to work with the emotions that drive these conflicts over integration: emotions of fear and attachment to history and memory, as well as the status quo, by host societies; and migrants' (perhaps ambivalent) desire to belong and fear of exclusion. Not recognizing and addressing these emotions is a recipe for long-term intercultural project failure