Labour shortages and immigration policy: Recommendations of the UK’s new Migration Advisory Committee Martin Ruhs, member of the UK's new Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), introduces the committee's analysis and recommendations on "Labour shortages and immigration policy".
Toil and Tolerance: A Tale of Illegal Migration Oded Stark analyzes the work effort given by illegal immigrants toward their jobs in their host country as an economic factor based on the prospect of expulsion and the risk of losing the host-wage which is higher than the home-country wage.
Profiling at the Canadian Border: An Economist’s Viewpoint Don DeVoretz asks what are the appropriate and inappropriate uses of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, and religion in order to enhance border securityand proposes a group profiling based on a pedigree system.
Empowered Maghreb countries' Responsiveness to the Cooperation on Readmission with EU Member States Jean-Pierre Cassarino evaluates the increasing involvement of Maghreb countries in negotiations with the EU about migration policy highlighting that readmission policies remain problematic and demonstrate the unequal relationship between the EU member states and the Maghreb countries.
Migration & Development The connection between migration and development has positive potential through the monetary flows of remittances and the impacts of diaspora communities both for the host countries and the countries of origin.
Forced Migration, Resettlement & Asylum Three approaches: refugee absorption quotas, resettlement programs and asylum processes, can help create a policy that will set an international standard.
Migration & the Labour Market In the EU member states, the regulations on labor migration lack transparency, legitimacy and efficiency. Due to demographic changes within the European Union the need for a foreign labor force is evident.
Challenges & Concepts In the policy paper commissioned by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung Steffen Angenendt analyses the state of the current European migration policies and suggests principles for a common coherent migration policy in Europe.
Introduction Within the public debate the positive potential of immigration is often overlooked. Instead, it is treated as an “imminent threat”. Due to insufficient policies and the neglect of humanitarian obligation, the European Union is becoming less and less of a safe harbour for refugees. There are policy problems around the topic of illegal migration, which is developing into a severe humanitarian and political crisis.
EU-Kommission legt Grundsätze für die Gemeinsame Migrationspolitik fest Im Dezember 2007 hat der Europäische Rat angesichts der wachsenden Bedeutung der Migrationstrends ein erneutes politisches Engagement für den Aufbau einer umfassenden EU-Zuwanderungspolitik gefordert.
