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Publications on Economic migration

Communication from the Commission on external dimension on social security coordination

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Pub date: 
Mar 2012
In a globalised economic environment, labour mobility both within the EU and between the EU and the rest of the world is a growing reality and necessity. Social security coordination is a system of rules aimed at facilitating such mobility.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, External Dimension
Keywords:
bilateral agreements, common approach, labour mobility

The Centrality of Employment in Immigrant Integration in Europe

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Pub date: 
Feb 2012
The Political scientist Randall Hansen has published his study for the Transatlantic Council on Migration. He studied complementary about immigration and integration in Europe.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Integration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
employment, Immigrant integration

Report from the Commission on the application of Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third country nationals for the purposes of scientific research

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Pub date: 
Dec 2011
This report assesses the application of the Directive 2005/71/EC on a specific procedure for admitting third-country nationals for more than three months for the purpose of scientific research.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Study § Training
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
Scientific Visa

Migration: the solution to shortages of staff in the healthcare sector?

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Pub date: 
Dec 2011
Johan Wets and Tom De Bruyn, researchers at the Reasearch Center HIVA of the KUL publish their study about shortages of staff in the healthcare sector in Belgium.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, External Dimension
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
brain drain, health sector, labour shortages

EMN Inform: Temporary and Circular Migration

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Pub date: 
Dec 2011
This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Temporary and Circular Migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States, which had contributions from 24 EU Member States
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Migration
Publication type:
EMN inform
Keywords:
circular migration, temporary migration

Non-Belgian Entrepreneurs in Belgium

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Pub date: 
Nov 2011
In this study, the UNIZO (Union of the Independent Entrepreneurs in Flanders) outlined a quantified image of the phenomenon of non-Belgian entrepreneurs settled in Belgium
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Integration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
Entrepreneurs, independant workers

Abused domestic workers in Europe: the case of au pairs

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Pub date: 
Oct 2011
The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality requested this study.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Vulnerable groups
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
au pair

Synthesis Report Temporary and Circular Migration (EMN)

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Pub date: 
Oct 2011
The final version of the Synthesis Report for the EMN Study on ‘Temporary and Circular migration: empirical evidence, current policy practice and future options in EU Member States’ has now been launched
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Migration
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
temporary migration

EMN Inform: Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration

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Pub date: 
Oct 2011
This EMN Inform presents a brief summary of the findings from the EMN Study on Satisfying Labour Demand through Migration
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Main theme:
Economic migration
Publication type:
EMN inform
Keywords:
labour shortages

Study on Active Inclusion of Migrants

European Commission
Pub date: 
Sep 2011
The publication commissionned by the DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, offers a descriptive and analytical assessment of the use of social assistance by migrants in 19 European Member States.
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Main theme:
Economic migration, Irregular Migration
Publication type:
Study
Keywords:
European Commission, social assistance