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European Migration Policies in Flux: Changing Patterns of Inclusion and Exclusion

ISBN: 978-1-405-10295-7

September 2003

Wiley-Blackwell

168 pages

Description
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.
About the Author
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.
Features

  • Timely book examining the nature and impact of the changing migration policies in Germany, Italy 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 for other categories of migrants: asylum-seekers, refugees and ethnic minorities.