ISBN:
1283395452
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 278 p)
Series Statement:
Policy and politics in the twenty-first century
Parallel Title:
Druckausg.
DDC:
325.21
Keywords:
Emigration and immigration -- Economic aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects
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Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects
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Political refugees
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Debates and debating
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Debates and debating
;
Emigration and immigration Economic aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Political aspects
;
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
;
Political refugees
;
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Abstract:
A well balanced, critical analysis of UK migration policies, in a European context, from entry controls through to integration and citizenship of interest to academics and policy makers alike.
Abstract:
Intro -- THE MIGRATION DEBATE -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary -- 1. Introduction: migration policy in the 21st century -- Competing policy objectives -- This book -- Terminology -- A global phenomenon -- Understanding the dynamics of migration -- Impact of policy intervention -- State capacity subject to constraints -- The policymaking process -- Historical overview -- Migration and migrants in the UK -- Chapters of this book -- 2. Protection: asylum and refugee policy -- Legal and ethical constraints -- Rise in asylum applications in Europe -- Development of asylum policy -- Policy under Labour -- Threefold strategy -- Barriers to arrival -- Curtailing access to work and welfare support -- Fast throughput to refugee status or removal -- Conclusion -- 3. Migration for work and study -- Labour migration: ad hoc expansion pre-1997 -- Demand for migrant workers -- Shift to 'managed migration' to maximise economic gains -- Impact on source countries -- New workers from the European Union -- Points-Based System -- Distinct UK model -- Differing views on economic impacts -- Migration Advisory Committee -- Annual cap on non-EEA labour migrants -- Protection within the labour market -- Migration for study -- Campaign to increase the UK's market share -- Points-Based System Tier 4 -- Conclusion -- 4. Family migration -- Three modes of family migration -- Capacity to restrict entry -- Limits on who can be joined by family members -- Redefining who counts as family -- Curbing entry on the basis of marriage -- Further conditions attached -- Procedural barriers to entry -- Impact of restrictive conditions of stay -- Family visitors -- Conclusion -- 5. Irregular migration -- Why 'irregular'? -- Causes: understanding the context -- Is irregular migration a problem? -- Irregular migrants in the UK -- Inflexible legal framework -- Policy drivers.
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