This paper first presents a brief historical overview of immigration in Europe. We then provide (and distinguishing …

, only important in selecting migrants with high employment probabilities and migration policy variables remain unimportant …

A sustainable EU Immigration Policy aims to contribute to a vibrant European society through more effectively and … selectively managed immigration from outside the EU, more attention to integration of immigrants, more rooting out of … have settled. Immigration from outside the EU is often opposed, mainly because of sluggish integration combined with …

variation in changes of immigration and integration policies across Western EU member states to study how they are associated …

variation in changes of immigration and integration policies across Western EU member states to study how they are associated …

variation in changes of immigration and integration policies across Western EU member states to study how they are associated …

. 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 …

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … various important European destination countries and Europe as a whole. We then discuss key policy issues in the European …

This chapter summarizes the main trends, policies, and empirical evidence regarding immigration in Europe. We start by … providing descriptive evidence on long-term immigration trends and current characteristics of the immigrant populations in … various important European destination countries and Europe as a whole. We then discuss key policy issues in the European …

Throughout Europe, the labour market integration of immigrants tends to lag behind that of natives. This paper … employment rate but also indirectly by influencing the intensity and the composition of immigration flows. Relying on the …, our results show that low-skilled migrants are the ones benefitting the most from integration policies in terms of …