This open access book explores the conceptual challenges posed by the presence of migrants with irregular immigration …

Over the past few decades, immigration has become the primary factor contributing to population growth in the European … supply much-needed labour to Western Europe due to own their grim population prospects. Immigration from non-EU, non …, younger than natives or immigrants from the EU neighbourhood. However, current evidence suggests that higher immigration has …

The intersection between the Commission Communication on a Common Immigration Policy for Europe, another on a Policy … Plan on Asylum and the various drafts of the French Presidency's European Pact on Immigration and Asylum, raises a number … current state of affairs in EU law and policy? Second, does the EU really need a pact on immigration and asylum, given the …

Germany. To derive plausibly causal estimates, I exploit the quasi-experimental setting in Germany, by which refugees are … that higher shares of refugees in a county increased migrants’ attachment to their home countries, while not affecting …

increased immigration would do little to reduce the future fiscal burden. The increased revenue from a large rise in immigration …