Migration and the EU

Each European state used to develop its own policies for managing international migration in isolation. This was due to the differences in migration flows, social conditions, and the political environment. Since the 1980s, however, the EU has placed migration and asylum policy within its own integration efforts. Cooperation is already well-developed in the areas of border control, asylum systems and permanent residence permits. Recent years have been characterised by efforts to develop a common system of labour migration management, to deal with irregular migration and to cooperate with third countries in promoting migration and development. Our “Migration and EU” theme critically analyses the extent to which these goals are feasible, whether they are really shared by Member states, and whether European immigration and asylum policies can finally be unified.

The section was created within the project Bringing Awareness of Development Issues into Regions with the support of the European Commission.

Articles

The ILO Convention “Decent Work for Domestic Workers”: Improvement of Rights for Domestic Workers?
21. 7. 11 | Lisa-Marie Heimeshoff

Cecilia Malmström: There is a need for legal migration to the EU
12. 7. 11 | Karolína Babická

THE FRONTEX AGENCY: which guarantees for human rights?
20. 6. 11 | Karolína Babická

Mutual recognition as the best policy principle for European immigration policy
12. 4. 11 | Tereza Blahoutová

Calm in front of the Lviv Consulate
8. 6. 10 | Lucie Trlifajová

The proposed European Blue Card system: Arming the Global war for talent?
3. 11. 08

The Future of Immigration and Asylum in Europe: Prosperity, Solidarity, Security and External Responsibility?
10. 10. 08 | Barbara Korell

Recent migration from the new European borderlands
18. 8. 08 | Claire Wallace, Kathryn Vincent

Why it’s impossible to have a debate on immigration in the UK: Assessing the assessment and the assessment of the assessments of the economic impact of migration
18. 6. 08 | Ian Cook

Interviews

Migration potential survey: a research method born out of fear. An interview with Professor Endre Sik, professor at the ELTE University and a senior researcher at TARKI Social Research Institute
31. 8. 10 | Tereza Rejšková

Interview with Dr. Martin Ruhs
22. 5. 07 | Ian Bruff

Reviews

A review of "The Politics of European Citizenship: Deepening Contradictions in Social Rights and Migration Policy"
12. 5. 11 | Soňa Schovánková

A review of “Irregular Migration, Informal Labour and Community: A Challenge for Europe”
11. 6. 08 | Ondřej Daniel

Research reports and studies

Indicators of the integration of third-country nationals into Czech society in the context of the requirements of European institutions
16. 12. 11

How and why did MARS facilitate migration control? Understanding the implication of migration and refugee studies (MARS) with the restriction of human mobility by UK state agencies
12. 12. 11

The European Commission migration policy package
12. 12. 11

MIPEX (Migrant Integration Policy Index) III
1. 3. 11

Migration and the Economic Crisis: Implications for Policy in the European Union
28. 6. 10

Beyond Stockholm: overcoming the inconsistencies of immigration policy. Elizabeth Collett (European Policy Centre Working Paper 32)
1. 3. 10