Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
The enlargement of the European Union has increased concerns about the role of generous welfare transfers in attracting migrants. This paper of IZA explores the issue of welfare migration across the 15 countries of the pre-enlargement Union and finds a significant but small effect of the generosity of welfare on migration decisions.
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
The "Migration Topic Week 2006" from May 13 - 21, 2006 is a newly initiated gathering of migration scholars at IZA, within the area of Migration activities and in conjunction with the IZA Annual Migration Meeting (AM²).The idea is to create a new forum of discussions on migration, to provide the opportunities to have useful interactions and engage in long discussions with both young scholars and seasoned researchers in migration, to have highly stimulating and provocative meetings, to brainstorm, and to converge to possible fruitful collaborations.
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
LONDON The State of the World's Refugees: Human Displacement in the New Millennium," was launched in London by High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and U.K. Secretary of State for International Development Hilary Benn, on 19 April 2006. The book examines the changing dynamics of displacement over the past half decade. While the number of refugees 9.2 million is now the lowest in 25 years, it says the international system for dealing with human displacement has reached a critical juncture as it struggles with new challenges in an increasingly globalised world.
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BRUSSELS The Odysseus Academic Network has organised again a Summer School on Immigration and Asylum Policy of the European Union during the two first weeks of July, and which will again take place in Brussels on 3 -14 July 2006 at the University of Brussels (U.L.B.)
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GENEVA/LONDON - The global health care profession employs an estimated 100 million people, but is not attracting enough new recruits in both developed and developing countries alike. So fierce is the competition to secure scarce health care professionals, that private recruitment agencies stage promotional events and aggressive recruitment campaigns in supplying countries. A recent ILO study (Note 1) examines these shortages of health care professionals and the role played by private recruitment agencies in the flows of international migration.
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) delivered on 23 March 2006 another important judgment, confirming solid rights Union citizens enjoy within the framework of the right to move and reside freely. The court states that Belgium had failed to fulfil its obligations under Article 18 EC and Council Directive 90/364/EEC because the requirement of 'personal resources' is fulfilled regardless whether the resources are personal or coming from any other source.
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
Geschrieben von: Daniel Naujoks
Around one million job vacancies throughout the EU will be advertised on 20 February 2006 on a new job search website, unveiled as part of the launch of the European Year of Workers' Mobility. The website and the Year will be launched by European Commission President Barroso, Commissioner pidla and Austrian Minister for Economics and Labour Bartenstein at the conference 'Workers' mobility: a right, an option, an opportunity?' in Brussels.
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