Making Migration Work
Making Migration Work The complexion of labour migration in the European Union (EU) has altered in recent years. The enlargements of the EU in 2004 and 2007 were influential in this respect. Not only…
Specifikacia Making Migration Work
Making Migration Work
The complexion of labour migration in the European Union (EU) has altered in recent years. The enlargements of the EU in 2004 and 2007 were influential in this respect. Not only has there been a shift in the length of time labour migrants spend abroad, but the nature, scale and direction of the migration flows have also changed dramatically.
The EU's open internal borders made it easy for them to return home or to move on to another Member State. A growing economy and large wage gaps encouraged a large stream of workers to leave the new Member States for the old. This publication considers what this means for the future of labour migration and how policy should address this