European policy on immigration

In: Transfer: the European review of labour and research ; quarterly review of the European Trade Union Institute, Volume 9, Issue 3, p. 401-415

Abstract

This article deals with European immigration control and integration policies as public policies. Control and integration are the two main drivers of immigration policy. From a comparative perspective, the distinction between economic and political migration is made and the occupational and labour situation for northern and southern European countries is presented. Some of the differences between European countries in the interplay of control and integration policies are analysed in relation to transnationalism and the construction of a European identity.