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This meticulously researched study of irregular migrant work in Austria holds many broader lessons for countries all over Europe. The book derives many of its fascinating insights from systematic in-depth interviews with migrants themselves. The authors demonstrate that it is no longer enough to divide the world of foreign employment into "legal" and "illegal" work. Instead, over the past few years, particularly in the context of progressive EU-enlargement in Europe, new manifestations of "irregular migrant work" have evolved. Moreover, the authors convincingly argue that irregular migrant work is based on both supply and demand, and is therefore unlikely to fade away in the foreseeable future.

Based on the strengths of combined ideas from migration researchers, policy experts, and representatives of international organisations, this timely volume provides eight basic principles for the design of innovative migration policy. Presents new proposals for innovative migration policies. - In dit boek presenteren tien wetenschappers innovatieve en onconventionele voorstellen voor migratie management in de 21e eeuw. Acht basisprincipes worden voor het ontwerp van de innovatieve benaderingen van het migratiebeleid ontwikkeld en voorgesteld. Naast de intrinsieke waarde van de individuele voorstellen, biedt deze verzameling van beleidsvoorstellen de mogelijkheid om nieuwe principes, voor het ontwerp van innovatief migratiebeleid, te identificeren. Gemeenschappelijke thema's en principes die naar voren komen zijn onder andere ontevredenheid met de huidige situatie in migratiebeleid, de zoektocht naar een toepasbaar beleid, en het centraal stellen van de migrant en zijn motieven in het ontwikkelen van het migratiebeleid. Deze bundel is het resultaat van een gezamenlijke workshop van ICMPD/IMISCoe (Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies), dat op het International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) in Wenen in 2006 werd gehouden. Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies richt zich op onderzoekers en beleidsmakers op alle niveaus en stimuleert hen om een frisse blik te werpen op het huidige migratiebeleid.

In Europe immigration is a politically burning issue, especially when it comes to the arrival of asylum seekers and illegal labour migrants. Governments want to keep them under control in order to limit their numbers. Yet, traditionally there were strong differences between European states in the extent to which they sought to do so and the instruments employed to that end. Currently, the contours become visible of a common approach towards - notably irregular - migration. This becomes clear from the country studies comprising this volume.

This article examines the consequences of the latest round of EU-Enlargement in May 2004 on irregular migration across Central and Eastern Europe. Drawing on a unique collection of both quantitative and qualitative data related to irregular migration and human smuggling, the article first presents some long-term trends in irregular migration across the region before taking up more recent developments in 2003 and 2004. While border apprehensions have broadly declined since about 2000 there is ample evidence for an increasing role of human smugglers in facilitating irregular migration. In addition, there are noticeable changes in the modus operandi of human smugglers.

In Europe, immigration is a politically potent issue especially when it comes to the treatment of asylum seekers and illegal labor immigrants. This volume draws the reader into the complex and contradictory world of migration regulation and control, covering the wide range of different policy approaches that aim to control the entry and residence of non-EU citizens. Revealing the common framework, tendencies, and policy convergences brought about less by design than a common concern about migration's impact on the future of the EU, Modes of Migration Regulation and Control in Europe questions the effectiveness of additional efforts in terms of their fiscal and societal costs. This important book emphasizes that European countries individually and collectively are converging in their efforts to manage migration.