1st Edition

Making Migration Work The Future of Labour Migration in the European Union

Edited By Monique Kremer, Erik Schrijvers Copyright 2013
126 Pages
by Routledge

The complexion of labour migration in the European Union (EU) has altered in recent years. Not only has there been a shift in the length of time labour migrants spend abroad, but the nature, scale and direction of the migration flows have also changed dramatically. The enlargements of the EU in 2004 and 2007 were influential in this respect. A growing economy and large wage gaps encouraged a large... Read more
3 How to make migration work, 2 The global and European neighbourhood migration systems: trends, policy choices, governance challenges and a look ahead, 3 Satisfying labour needs in an ageing society, 4 Migrant workers: inevitability or policy choice? 5 Intra-EU labour mobility after eastern enlargement and during the crisis: main trends and controversies, 6 Labour migration from central and eastern Europe and the implications for integration policy, About the authors.

Biography

Monique Kremer is researcher affiliated to the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR). Erik Schrijvers is a senior research fellow and project coordinator at the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR).