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Europe

Europe

European Union

Europe faces an interesting set of immigration challenges and opportunities: Demographic pressures as many European societies age, a lively and at times tense policy and political debate over questions of identity and immigrant integration, and a unique policy environment that has knit many European countries together with regards to free movement, the management of outer borders, asylum, and other immigration-related topics. MPI has long conducted research and analysis of European policy on topics ranging from labor mobility and border security to immigrant integration, citizenship, and foreign qualifications recognition, which can be found below.

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Reports

Displaced Ukrainians in European Labor Markets: Leveraging Innovations for More Inclusive Integration

With millions of Ukrainians seeking safety in Europe, receiving countries are facing considerable pressure and also potential opportunities to benefit from this highly qualified population’s skills. This report explores displaced Ukrainians’ early employment outcomes, common challenges to finding jobs commensurate to their skills, and opportunities to more fully support their labor market integration.

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Policy Briefs

Promoting Evidence-Informed Immigrant Integration Policymaking

While many policy areas have seen a revolution in how information is gathered, shared, and used to inform new policies and improve existing ones, immigrant integration has not kept pace. This policy brief explores why integration policy in Europe has not yet seen the development of a robust evidence culture and offers recommendations for creating an environment in which evidence-informed policymaking can flourish.

Recent Activity

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Reports
March 2004
The EU as a Global Player in the Refugee Protection Regime
By  Joanne van Selm
Articles
February 1, 2004
Fewer Ethnic Germans Immigrating to Ancestral Homeland
By Veysel Oezcan
Articles
February 1, 2004
Belgium's Undocumented Hold Lessons for EU
By Marco Martiniello, Andrea Rea
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Policy Briefs
December 2003
Rediscovering Resettlement
By  Gregor Noll and Joanne van Selm
Articles
December 1, 2003
Austria Adopts More Restrictive Asylum Law
By Veysel Oezcan
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Articles
December 1, 2003
Moldova Seeks Stability Amid Mass Emigration
By Michael Jandl
Articles
November 1, 2003
Hungary: Transit Country Between East and West
By Judit Juhász
Articles
November 1, 2003
Undocumented Immigration Haunts Italy's Ruling Coalition
By Kenneth Okoth

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Recent Activity

Reports
March 2004

The EU as a Global Player in the Refugee Protection Regime

Through a broad overview of key policy and legislation dating back to the early 1990s, this paper finds that despite persistent efforts to coordinate an EU level approach to asylum and refugee protection, the process has been severely stifled by the lack of a philosophical consensus between Member States as to what constitutes refugee protection in Europe and globally.

 

Articles
February 1, 2004

Belgium's Undocumented Hold Lessons for EU

Research by Marco Martiniello of the University of Liege and Andrea Rea of the Free University of Brussels casts light on how and why unauthorized immigrants arrive and stay in Belgium.
Articles
February 1, 2004

Fewer Ethnic Germans Immigrating to Ancestral Homeland

The number of ethnic Germans born abroad who immigrated to their ancestral homeland in 2003 was much lower than the previous year, reports Veysel Oezcan of Humboldt University Berlin.
Articles
December 1, 2003

Moldova Seeks Stability Amid Mass Emigration

Moldova is a small country facing huge emigration spurred mainly by economic hardships, according to Michael Jandl.
Articles
December 1, 2003

Austria Adopts More Restrictive Asylum Law

A new law passed by Austria could make it more difficult to seek asylum in Austria, according to Veysel Oezcan of Humboldt University Berlin.
Policy Briefs
December 2003

Rediscovering Resettlement

Recognizing the particular challenges to refugee protection faced on both sides of the Atlantic, this report questions whether strengthening resettlement programs in the U.S. and Europe can help to address ongoing concerns over security, the volume and diversity of migrants, the rise of right-wing parties and the role of the welfare state.

Articles
November 1, 2003

Burden-sharing in the New Age of Immigration

Christina Boswell, Senior Researcher at the Hamburg Institute of International Economics, provides an in-depth look at burden-sharing and refugee protection.

Articles
November 1, 2003

Germany's High Court Allows Teacher to Wear Muslim Headscarf

Veysel Oezcan of Humboldt University Berlin reports on a key ruling affecting integration, religious freedom, and educators.

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