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To accept or not to accept? Discrepancies between declared and actual actions of the Polish government towards immigrants
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Wojciech Janicki and Agnieszka Świętek
Migration Studies, Volume 13, Issue 2, June 2025, mnaf010, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaf010
Published: 05 May 2025
... of their economies. At the same time, there is growing public resistance against the admission of immigrants. The migration policies implemented by the governments of these countries are the product of the interplay of different interest groups with often conflicting goals. This article uses the semantic field...
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What is new about Japan’s new migration policy? From recruitment of “nonlabor” workers to selection by neoliberal meritocracy
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Naoto Higuchi
Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 28, Issue 1, Winter 2025, jyae011, https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyae011
Published: 23 October 2024
... under the terms of the Oxford University Press, Standard Journals Publication Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/pages/standard-publication-reuse-rights ) Abstract Japan experienced major reforms in its migration policy in 2018. This study aims to examine the novelty of the new migration policy...
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The power of bureaucracies: Shaping migration policy paradigms in Colombia and Ecuador Open Access
Nieves Fernández-Rodríguez and Daniela Célleri
Migration Studies, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2024, mnae039, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnae039
Published: 10 October 2024
...Nieves Fernández-Rodríguez; Daniela Célleri Figure 1 The impact of bureaucratic structures in migration policy paradigms. Source: own elaboration from existing theories Figure 1 summarizes our theoretical framework: We contend that while bureaucrats are constrained by the institutional culture...
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Deep trade agreements and international migration: the role of visa provisions
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Anthonin Levelu and others
Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 25, Issue 1, January 2025, Pages 75–92, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lbae014
Published: 22 May 2024
... cent. Finally, the article shows that the effectiveness of visa provisions in regional trade agreements reduces with the anti-immigration sentiment of voters in the destination. Immigration deep trade agreement migration policy F13 F22 Many Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) have been signed during...
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From state-controlled to free migration: The income effects of the 2008 Swedish labour-migration reform Open Access
Annika Elwert and others
Migration Studies, Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2023, Pages 721–745, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnad030
Published: 26 October 2023
.../licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract In 2008, Sweden changed its labour-migration policy to facilitate more labour migration from countries outside the EU. Most state ambitions to shape...
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Low-Skilled Migrant Labor Schemes in Japan’s Agriculture: Voices From the Field Open Access
Glenda S ROBERTS and Noriko FUJITA
Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 27, Issue 1, Winter 2024, Pages 21–40, https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyad016
Published: 28 September 2023
... policies inherit, based in the bureaucratic fiction that only ‘skilled’ labor is necessary. Data for this paper come from qualitative interviews conducted from 2018 to 2022 in Kyoto, Aichi, and Tokyo. migration policy foreign labor agriculture farmers skill...
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A transnational social contract: Social protection policies toward Non-Resident Keralites Open Access
Mira Burmeister-Rudolph
Migration Studies, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2023, Pages 286–311, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnad002
Published: 08 March 2023
... institutional capabilities compared with federal states, they are essential stakeholders in articulating transnational social protection policies. emigration India Kerala migration policy social protection welfare state expansion European Research Council 10.13039/100010663 ERC-2017-StG-760043 Public...
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Metagovernance of migration policy in the Asia Pacific region: an analysis of policy tools Open Access
Paul Fawcett
Policy and Society, Volume 40, Issue 3, September 2021, Pages 431–447, https://doi.org/10.1080/14494035.2021.1955486
Published: 12 August 2021
... policy tools steering migration policy It has been well documented that nation states have developed ‘new’ governance arrangements to tackle cross-boundary policy problems (Legrand, 2015 ; Stone & Ladi, 2015 ). This article focuses on one such arrangement, a multilateral forum, to examine...
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Rising stars in the global race for skill? A comparative analysis of Brazil, India, and Malaysia
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Lucie Cerna and Mathias Czaika
Migration Studies, Volume 9, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 21–46, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnaa009
Published: 21 May 2020
...Lucie Cerna; Mathias Czaika Figure 3. Migration transition and changing policy priorities (‘migration policy transition’). Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email...
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Differences in educational attainment by country of origin: Evidence from Australia
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Jaai Parasnis and Jemma Swan
Migration Studies, Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2020, Pages 530–553, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnz008
Published: 03 April 2019
... migration policy skilled migration The transition from school into further study is an important point in the life of an individual. The decision sets up the future career and life direction for many young people. We investigate post-school study choices and the role of migrant status in this decision...
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The Paradox of the Alien Citizen? Access, Control and Entitlements of Belgian Refugees in Birmingham during the First World War
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Jolien De Vuyst and others
Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 34, Issue 1, March 2021, Pages 1083–1100, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fey071
Published: 08 January 2019
... Model ( https://dbpia.nl.go.kr/journals/pages/open_access/funder_policies/chorus/standard_publication_model ) Abstract Britain’s liberal policy towards refugees has been their proud boast. However, from the 1880s to the 1920s, this developed into a restrictive and selective migration policy. During...
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High skilled migration through the lens of policy
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Christopher R Parsons and others
Migration Studies, Volume 8, Issue 3, September 2020, Pages 279–306, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mny037
Published: 05 December 2018
... are classified based upon states’ unilateral immigration policies, thereby highlighting the difficulties of comparing high skilled policies across countries. We further elucidate the challenges in measuring the outcomes of high skilled migration policies that arise due to differing national priorities...
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Intended versus unintended consequences of migration restriction policies: evidence from a natural experiment in Indonesia
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Mattia Makovec and others
Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 18, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 915–950, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lby029
Published: 20 June 2018
... at 19% ( United Nations, 2016 ). Migration policies, however, still seem to remain in the domain of national governments in receiving countries, and bilateral agreements between sending and destination countries still represent the exception. This is not surprising, given that for decades migration...
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Immigrant crime and legal status: evidence from repeated amnesty programs
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Francesco Fasani
Journal of Economic Geography, Volume 18, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 887–914, https://doi.org/10.1093/jeg/lby028
Published: 15 June 2018
... results, we fail to find any evidence of substitution in the criminal market from other population groups—namely, EU immigrants and Italian citizens—and we observe a small and not persistent reduction in total offenses. Illegal migration legalization migration policy F22 J61 K37 Native residents...
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Asylum in Crisis: Migrant Policy, Entrapment, and the Role of Non-Governmental Organisations in Siracusa, Italy
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Adam Kersch and Joanna Mishtal
Refugee Survey Quarterly, Volume 35, Issue 4, December 2016, Pages 97–121, https://doi.org/10.1093/rsq/hdw017
Published: 29 November 2016
... and healthcare policy in the area. refugees EU migration policy healthcare Italy According to the Italian Ministry of the Interior, over 170,000 migrants landed in Italy in 2014. 1 In the first nine months of 2015, roughly 433,000 had crossed the Mediterranean to reach Europe, and over 2,600...
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The Continuing Shame of Europe: Discourses on migration policy in Germany and the UK
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Bastian A. Vollmer
Migration Studies, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2017, Pages 49–64, https://doi.org/10.1093/migration/mnw025
Published: 23 November 2016
... of urgency/necessity/speed; and (3) securitization and normalization. EU migration migration policy discourse analysis securitization normalization Germany United Kingdom Van Houtum and Boedeltje (2009) , Van Houtum (2010) , Ferrer-Gallardo and van Houtum (2014) and others have already discussed...
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Structure and Agency in Swedish Municipalities’ Reception of Unaccompanied Minors
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Gustav Lidén and Jon Nyhlén
Journal of Refugee Studies, Volume 29, Issue 1, March 2016, Pages 39–59, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrs/fev015
Published: 10 September 2015
...-term benefits of reception. migration policy decision making unaccompanied children rationality Children without parents or guardians who leave their home country to start a new life somewhere else are a contemporary and global phenomenon that represents a significant proportion of the migration...
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Understanding the Role of Immigrants’ Legal Status: Evidence from Policy Experiments
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Francesco Fasani
CESifo Economic Studies, Volume 61, Issue 3-4, September-December 2015, Pages 722–763, https://doi.org/10.1093/cesifo/ifv006
Published: 09 April 2015
...Francesco Fasani Abstract Programmes aimed at reducing the presence of unauthorized immigrants are often at the core of the migration policy debate in host countries. In recent years, a growing body of empirical literature has attempted to understand the effect of lacking legal status...
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Evidence on Policies to Increase the Development Impacts of International Migration
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David McKenzie and Dean Yang
The World Bank Research Observer, Volume 30, Issue 2, August 2015, Pages 155–192, https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lkv001
Published: 20 January 2015
... country governments in identifying policies that can enhance the development impacts of international migration by facilitating more of the benefits and mitigating some of the potential costs. This interest has led to the deployment of a wide range of migration policies that occur throughout the different...
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Through the back door: nurse migration to the UK from Malawi and Nepal, a policy critique Free
Radha Adhikari and Astrida Grigulis
Health Policy and Planning, Volume 29, Issue 2, March 2014, Pages 237–245, https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czt010
Published: 21 March 2013
... propose that a more sensitive and versatile border control policy would greatly assist overseas nurses to return home and would benefit individuals, the UK healthcare system and low-income nurse-sending countries. International migration nurse migration human resources Nepal Malawi migration policy...
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