Migration, immigrants and labour markets in EU countries

Abstract

This paper is meant to give insight in immigrant incorporation in EU-member states labour markets, as well in variations in (national) degrees of immigrant incorporation as in variables that impact the (country specific) development of policies with regard to immigrantin corporation in the labour market. A study on the labour market incorporation of immigrants cannot completely be detached from national labour market developments and labour migration needs and the ways EU-member states develop and have developed (labour)migration policies. Since a major part of the immigrants of the last two decades have arrived under other titles than legal economic immigrants, but as family members, asylum seekers orin an irregular status, the migration spectrum has to be broadened to these categories in orderto understand national variations in immigrant incorporation in the labour market and in thenational policy responses. In the final part of this paper research questions are presented forfuture investigation in EU-member states.