The countries concerned in this paper are either in the process of negotiations for EU accession (Bulgaria and Romania) or under a review process for opening such negotiations (Turkey). Therefore we will take the EU-requirements concerning the labour market as a benchmark against which the...

With the enlargement of the European Union, new bordering countries emerged in the East which are characterized by comparatively low incomes and living standards, incomplete democratization and a number of latent political conflicts. Against this background it can be expected that migrations...

Seit Beginn der 1990er Jahre kommt der Beschäftigung von osteuropäischen Saisonarbeitern insbesondere in der deutschen Landwirtschaft eine Schlüsselrolle zu. Obschon diese auf bilateralen Verträgen beruhende kurzfristige Arbeitsmigration mittlerweile Praxis ist, wurde ihre Bedeutung für...