European Migration Policies in Flux Changing Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion

by Boswell, Christina

• ISBN13: 9780470752845
• ISBN10: 047075284X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2008-04-16
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

European migration policies are undergoing significant changes. After three decades of highly restrictive approaches, demographic changes and gaps in labour supply are prompting many European governments to liberalize their migration policies.

• Timely book examining the nature and impact of the changing migration policies in France, Germany and the UK.
  
• Analyses the content of new legislation, as well as the policy debate and party political treatment of migration issues in each country.
  
• Considers the implications of the new policies on other categories of migrants: asylum seekers, refugees and resident ethnic minorities.

Author Biography

Dr. Christina Boswell is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs (RIIA), and Senior Researcher at the Migration Research Group, Hamburg Insitute for International Economics. She previously worked as a policy research consultant for the UN Refugee Agency. Her research focuses on European migration and refugee policy.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

1. The Evolution of Postwar European Migration Policies.

2. New Policies on Labour Migration.

3. Asylum-seekers and Illegal Immigrants.

4. Labour Migration, Integration and Diversity.

5. The International Context.

6. Conclusion.