for Germany, the largest European immigration country, shows that more than 60% of the migrants are indeed repeat migrants … for repeated moves of migrants between the host and home countries. The Markov transition matrix between the states in two …. The out-migration per year is low, about 10%. Migrants are more likely to leave again early after their arrival in Germany …

This book examines the history of German immigration policy. It analyzes the country's future demand for immigration …. Coverage develops an economic model for the effective selection and integration of labor migrants that could provide the … foundation for a joint European immigration strategy. …

The numbers of migrants from the accessions countries have clearly increased since the enlargement of the EU in 2004 … underline the importance of more open immigration policies targeting high-skilled immigrants. The current policy not only cannot …

"German and European immigration policies have only recently begun to cope with the inevitable: growing labor demand in …'s first immigration act and several European initiatives towards legal harmonization at the EU level, an actively controlling … immigration policy which would be needed to master the challenges ahead, is not yet in sight. Against this background, the book …