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In today's world, migrations of populations are increasingly more frequent due to a variety of reasons. Different states approach this issue in a different way. Thus, we may distinguish between those that employ more restrictive immigration policies & those that are open to immigration. The Republic of Croatia has built its immigration policy on the fact that it is among the countries with the biggest diasporas in the world. Since its people emigrated from Croatia for many years after WWII, the new Croatian government after the independence shaped its immigration policy that was supposed to stimulate its emigrants to return to Croatia. The Ministry of Immigration was founded with the task of implementing the state's policy of immigration regarding the return of emigrants. 3 Tables, 10 Figures, 1 Graph. Adapted from the source document.

"Comparative Immigration Policy" published on by Oxford University Press.

- ; The purpose of this report is to discuss the extent to which immigration has come to be perceived as a security threat by European Union (EU) policy makers. The manner in which immigration issues are presented by policy makers at the European level is assumed to have substantive implications for the choice of instruments in the area. A second purpose is therefore to discuss the extent to which the development towards a common EU asylum and immigration policy can be interpreted as security policy strategy. Increased immigration during the last few decades has coincided with increasing unemployment and economic restructuring in Western Europe. The issue of immigration became increasingly sensitive in the late 1980s after the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe, when a tide of illegal immigrants was expected to inundate the West. Today, images of ships loaded with refugees off the shores of Italy, or of trucks filled with illegal immigrants crossing the English Channel, have become disturbing, but no longer rare features of European newspaper headlines. The impression is that of Europe being 'swamped', and unable to deal with the hordes of people standing outside its gates wanting in.Since the aim of this report is to examine the change that has taken place in European perspectives on immigration, a study of political discourse will enable us to deconstruct a number of justificatory domains, which are supported by the members of the European policy community. The main hypothesis is that security considerations are clearly reflected in the establishment and development of asylum and immigration instruments following the Amsterdam programme. Another hypothesis is that the framing of immigration as a security threat has legitimised the introduction of objectives and instruments that have their origin in security policy. This is notably to be seen in the accession agreements with the Central and Eastern European applicant countries, as well in the so-called 'partnership-agreements' with immigrant countries of origin and transit. Having established the broader aim of this report, I propose two main and inter linked questions as the framework for the analysis: First: To what extent has the issue of asylum and immigration come to be seen as a security threat, and thus as a security matter at the EU level? Second: To what extent is the above question reflected in the objectives and instruments of the common EU asylum and immigration policy? Can the development towards a common EU asylum and immigration policy be called a security policy strategy?

This article concerns the normative basis for immigration policy. In particular, I consider the implications of three fundamental liberal values, namely democracy, liberty and equality. First, I argue that democratic theory seriously questions the right to national self-determination when it comes to immigration. This is because potential immigrants may be coercively affected by immigration policy and, on a standard account of democratic legitimacy, this implies that potential immigrants should have democratic influence on such policies. In particular, I defend these claims against David Miller's defence of national self-determination. Second, I consider the importance of the right to freedom of movement and argue, again against Miller, that this right constitutes a weighty consideration in favour of allowing immigration in many cases. Third, I consider the importance of equality. In particular, I consider an argument for restrictive immigration policies, according to which immigration threatens to undermine social cohesion and so the basis for the welfare state. I challenge this argument in two respects. First, I point out that the empirical evidence for the claim that ethnic diversity undermines the welfare state is not as clear as some have assumed. Second, I point out that this argument for restrictive policies assumes that equality has domestic rather than global scope. Finally, I suggest that even if we are global egalitarians, we should aim for something less than (completely) open borders.

In today's world, migrations of populations are increasingly more frequent due to a variety of reasons. Different states approach this issue in a different way. Thus, we may distinguish between those that employ more restrictive immigration policies and those that are open to immigration. The Republic of Croatia has built its immigration policy on the fact that it is among the countries with the biggest diasporas of the world. Since its people emigrated from Croatia for many years after World War II, the new Croatian government after the independence shaped its immigration policy that was supposed to stimulate its emigrants to return to Croatia. The Ministry of Immigration was founded with the task of implementing the state's policy of immigration regarding the return of emigrants. (SOI : PM: S. 57)

"US Immigration Policy covers the history of immigration and immigration law in the country and examines the pros and cons of immigration policies and their impact on society. Features include essential facts, a glossary, selected bibliography, websites, source notes, and an index."--Provided by publisher

AbstractThe immigration policy index is based on three types of entry visa restrictions: visa required, visa not required for short stays and visa not required. I identify country pairs which changed their visa regime during 2000–2010 and find that the weakening of visa policy is associated with a 10 percent increase in migrant stocks and a significant shift towards male and less skilled migration from policy affected source countries. In contrast, the tightening of visa policy is not related to a significant change in migrant stocks, their gender or skill composition. The result suggests the existence of immigration policy hysteresis.

Discusses revision of Switzerland's Aliens Law of 1931, including compromises made in the drafting process, economic impact of employing foreign workers and the challenges and opportunities they face, as well as continuities and changes in the legislative process over time. Papers, of which one in English and two in German, presented at a workshop organized by the Centre for International Studies, Zurich, and the Forum for Migration Studies, Neuchâtel, held in Zurich, Switzerland, Dec. 8, 2000.

"Immigration Policy of Germany: An Analysis Within the Framework of a Common European Immigration Policy" ("Almanya'nın Göç Politikası: Ortak Bir Avrupa Göç Politikası Çerçevesinde Bir Çözümleme") başlığını taşıyan bu yüksek lisans tezi, isminden de anlaşılacağı üzere, Federal Almanya Cumhuriyeti'nin göç politikaları hakkında bir vaka çalışması niteliğindedir. Tutarlılık ve bütünlük sağlayan bir çalışma ortaya koyabilmek amacıyla, ilk olarak bir ulus-devletin göç politikalarına dair temel özellikler dile getirilmiş ve daha sonra bu özellikler vaka çalışmamız bağlamında örneklenmiştir. Konuya dair siyasi ve tarihi verilerin bir arka plan olarak kullanıldığı çalışmada, temel olarak günümüz Almanya'sında göç politikasına dair yaşanan dönüşüm ve tartışmalara odaklanılmıştır. Alman iç politikasındaki değişimlerin detaylı bir sunumu ve Almanya'nın bu konu bağlamında, Avrupa Birliği çerçevesindeki konumunun ortaya konması ile çalışmamız Federal Almanya Cumhuriyeti'nin göç politikalarını hala ulusal ekonomik çıkarları çerçevesinde ürettiği ve bu siyasi alandaki ulusal egemenliğini henüz uluslarüstü bir kuruma devretmeye rıza göstermediği yönündekini görüşü ispatlamaya çalışmaktadır. Bir ulus-devletin göç politikaları hakkındaki bir vaka çalışmasında neden örnek olarak Federal Almanya Cumhuriyeti'nin seçildiğine dair birkaç gerekçemiz vardır. Bir taraftan, Almanya siyasi tarihinde uluslararası göç alanında büyük deneyimleri olan bir ülkedir, ki bu durum bize güncel durumu karşılaştırmalı bir bakış açısı ile daha iyi anlama olanağını vermektedir. Diğer taraftan ise, Almanya Avrupa Birliği'nin en büyük ve siyasi anlamda en etkili üyelerinden birisi olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır, ki üyelerinden herhangi birinin bir siyasi alanını incelerken, bu kurumun da mutlaka dikkate alınması gereği düşünüldüğünde, bu da bizler için önemli bir noktadır. Çalışmamız dört ana araştırma sorunu üzerine kurulmuştur. Bunlar, "Bir ulus-devletin göç politikasını şekillendiren etmenler nelerdir?", "Savaş sonrası süreçte Alman göç politikasının nitelikleri nelerdir?", "Alman göç politikasındaki güncel dönüşümler nedir ve bu yeni siyasi girişimlerin önemi nedir?" ve "Avrupa Birliği'nin ortak bir göç politikası oluşturma sürecinde Almanya'nın konumu nedir?" şeklinde ifade edilebilir. İlk iki soru, konuya dair uzman görüşleri ve yazın taraması, diğer iki soru ise Federal Alman hükümeti, Alman siyasi partileri ya da Avrupa Birliği'ne ait belgeler gibi kimi birincil siyasi kaynaklar ile güncel gazete makalelerinin incelenmesi ile yanıtlanmaya çalışılmıştır.This MA thesis, titled as "Immigration Policy of Germany: An Analysis Within the Framework of a Common European Immigration Policy", is a case study on the immigration policy of Federal Republic of Germany. In order to present a coherent and integral study, we are first going to have a look at the basic aspects of the immigration policy of a nation-state and then exemplify them within the context of the case study. Taking the historical and political data as the backgrounds of the subject matter, the study will mainly focus on the current changes and debates of the immigration policy in Germany. Through a detailed presentation of the changes in German domestic policy as well as the position of Germany within the European Union, the study will try to demonstrate that Federal Republic of Germany is building its immigration policy still upon its national economic interests and does not consent to give up its national sovereignty on this political area to a supranational body yet.As to the reasons, why Federal Republic of Germany is chosen as the case study of examination of the immigration policy of a nation state, there are several points. On the one side, Germany is a country with big experiences of immigration in its political history, which gives us the opportunity to understand the current situation better in a comparative way. On the other side, Germany is one of the biggest and politically leading countries of the European Union -rather than just being a member-, which definitely should be taken into consideration while studying any political aspect of one of its member states. The study is built upon four main research questions, namely "What are the factors shaping the 'immigration policy' of a nation-state?", "What were the characteristics of the German immigration policy in the post war period?", "What is new in the German immigration policy and what is the importance of the new political attempts?" and "What is the position of Germany within the process of a common immigration policy of the European Union?". In order to answer the first two answers, the views of academics involved in this subject were reviewed and for the last two questions, primary political sources like documents of the Federal government, or the German political parties and those of the European Union as well as actual newspaper articles were examined.