underline the importance of more open immigration policies targeting high-skilled immigrants. The current policy not only cannot … failure. -- EU enlargement ; international migration ; wages ; employment …

. Integrated labour and migration policies are needed. The employment chances of the low-skilled are limited. Whereas Europe could … benefit from a substantive immigration policy that imposes selection criteria that are more in line with economic needs, the … substantial immigration into the European Union follows largely non-economic motives. This paper discusses the economic rationale …

of migration flows from the New Member States to Germany. We demonstrate that immigration increased substantially despite … immigration from countries that were hit by the crisis, although the annual net flows are still too small to significantly reduce …

that at least skilled immigration promotes economic equality in the host country under standard conditions. The context is …

but changed the composition of the immigrants, (iii) any negative effects in the labour market on wages or employment are …