Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Business Climate ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Structural Drivers ◽  
Political Structures

This volume highlights the challenges of contemporary policymaking and scholarship on high-skilled migration. Both areas often focus rather narrowly on migration policy without considering systematically and rigorously other economic, social, and political drivers of migration. These structural drivers are often equally or sometimes even more important than migration policies per se. To be successful in recruiting on the global skill market, countries have to implement coherent whole-of-government immigration policy packages which are to be embedded in a country’s broader economic, social, and political structures and the broader context of international migration processes and dynamics. Societies and economies that are able to create a welcoming environment for people, attractive professional conditions for workers, and a business climate for employers are likely to succeed in attracting and recruiting skilled workers that are in demand. The chapter concludes with some proposals aimed at improving the efficiency of the global skill market.

High-Skilled Migration

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Migrant Workers ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
The Past ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Skilled Migrant

Over the past decades an increasing number of countries have developed a growing interest in attracting and retaining skilled and highly skilled migrant workers. This chapter provides an introduction into the nature and dynamics of the global skill market and the role of states and state policies in international migration processes of highly skilled workers. This introduction also outlines the subsequent chapters of this volume which address questions regarding (i) the nature and scope of high-skilled migration and ‘immigration policy packages’ states implement to attract and select high-skilled migrants; (ii) the rationales and determinants of high-skilled migration policies evolving over time and space; (iii) the extent to which policies and other drivers affect high-skilled migration processes in general, and international migration of students, scientists, and health professionals in particular.

High-Skilled Migration and the Limits of Migration Policies

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Skeldon
Keyword(s):  
Migration Policy ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
High Turnover ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
And Training

After a consideration of who the skilled are, this chapter pursues four main themes. First, direct policies to attract skilled migrants are secondary to indirect policies designed to establish the industries and services that will lead to the employment of the skilled. Second, direct policies to attract the skilled need to be integrated into wider policies that see the immigration of the less skilled also to be important. Third, attempts to retain the skilled need to be framed in the context of a high turnover of the skilled, a turnover facilitated by the nature of the channels through which they move. Fourth, a consideration of the global production of the skilled through education and training and how that impacts on the flows. These four themes are closely interrelated and provide a basis for a broader interpretation of skilled migration policy.

scholarly journals INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS TO THE EU COUNTRIES

2020 ◽  
pp. 22-28
Author(s):  
Ani Galstyan
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Aging Population ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Eu Countries ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Sustainable Economic Growth ◽  
The Eu

Maintaining the EU's position in the world is preconditioned (among other things) by sustainable economic growth in its member states. Currently, all the EU countries are facing the effects from the rapidly aging population, which is one of the most serious obstacles to sustainable economic growth. In the short term, it may be possible to eliminate the effects of aging population through better use of available human resources. However, in the longer perspective, this will not be enough to counter unfavorable demographic trends. In this context, it will be necessary to increase the share of the economically active population, and this can be partially done through international migration of highly qualified workers. However, our study shows that the level of immigration of highly qualified workers remains modest in most of the EU countries. In this paper, we are analyzing the causes behind the current situation and are also trying to formulate recommendations for migration policy focused on highly skilled labor. At the same time, we are aware that, while international migration contributes to the accumulation of human capital, it cannot by itself solve the structural issues of European labor markets.

Ethnic Return Migration Policies and Asian American Labor in Japan and Korea

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane Yamashiro
Keyword(s):  
South Korea ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Return Migration ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Japanese Americans ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Ethnic Return Migration

Asian ethnic return migration policies are having an important impact on the lives of Asian Americans. By making it easier for later generation Asian Americans to work and invest in their ancestral homelands, these policies have affected the scale of Asian American migration and their economic, cultural, and social connections to Asia. However, ethnic return migration policies and their effects are not uniform across all Asian American groups. This paper analyzes how Asian Americans are being affected by ethnic return migration policies through comparative examination of the Immigration Control Act in Japan and the Overseas Korean Act in South Korea. The two policies in Japan and South Korea (hereafter Korea) are similar in their initial targeting of ethnic return migrants and in their privileging of skilled workers and investors in the 2000s to increase each country’s competitiveness in the global economy. However, while Korea’s policy has cast a net to include Korean Americans specifically, Japan’s ethnic return migration policy has not been aimed at Japanese Americans in the same way.

Arriving in Morocco: Becoming Trapped in a Context of Uncertainty

2019 ◽  
pp. 65-82
Author(s):  
Inka Stock
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Social Marginalization ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
Policy Context ◽  
Political Economic

In this chapter, I describe how migrants actually arrive in Morocco. The data presented in the chapter situates their lives here in a context of extreme political, economic and social marginalization. I then analyse the migration policy context in Morocco and the increasing involvement of the European Union in this process. By doing this, I show how transit migrants’ rightlessness in Morocco has been constructed by states through the introduction of particular national and international migration policies which link mobility and rights in very specific ways.

High skilled migration through the lens of policy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-306
Author(s):  
Christopher R Parsons ◽  
Sebastien Rojon ◽  
Lena Rose ◽  
Farhan Samanani
Keyword(s):  
International Comparisons ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Immigration Policies ◽  
Policy Recommendations ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Migration Flow ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
To Come ◽  
High Skill

Abstract High skilled migrants and the policies designed to attract and select such individuals are widely championed. In formulating and evaluating such policies, however, policy makers and academics alike face significant challenges, since, from the perspective of policy, what it means to be high skilled remains a fluid concept. The resulting ambiguity stymies meaningful international comparisons of the mobility of skills, undermines the design and evaluation of immigration policies and hinders the measurement of human capital. In this paper, we adopt an inductive approach to examine how high skilled migrants 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 in recording high skilled migrants. We conclude by making a number of policy recommendations, which if enacted, would bring clarity to scholars and policy makers alike in terms of being able to meaningfully compare the composition, and assess the efficacy of, high skilled migration policies across countries. In doing so we introduce three datasets comprising: harmonised high skill migration flow data, skilled occupational concordances and high skilled unilateral and bilateral migration policy data, which undergird our analysis and that can be built upon in years to come.

Mainland Chinese 'Foreign Talents' in Singapore

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 757-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheng Sixin ◽  
Lee Kiat Jin ◽  
Hing Ai Yun
Keyword(s):  
Middle Class ◽  
International Migration ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
Ideal Case ◽  
Mainland Chinese ◽  
The Subject

AbstractWith the escalation of skilled international migration since the late 1980s, the subject matter has emerged similarly as a growing field of academic inquiry. Nevertheless, while the relocation of skilled workers has become prevalent with globalisation, accounts of such migration continue to be narrowly focused on several themes. In contrast, by concentrating on mainland Chinese professionals, this essay will seek to describe the intricacies of skilled migration. Furthermore, as it has developed into a middle class phenomenon, skilled international migration must be evaluated from a highly contextualised framework. Consequently, as it has declared its objective to become a talent centre, Singapore is an ideal case concerning the processes in the recruitment, production and employment of skilled international labour.

scholarly journals Germany's Immigration Policy Towards Highly-Skilled Workers in the 21stCentury

2012 ◽  
pp. 226-236
Author(s):  
N. N. Bolshova
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
High Tech ◽  
Highly Qualified ◽  
Skilled Workers ◽  
The World ◽  
Skilled Personnel ◽  
The One

At the end of XX - beginning of XXI century due to accelerating the transition of the world economy to the innovative way of development, "knowledge" has become a direct force of production, significantly increased the role of human capital as the main factor in future economic growth and competitiveness of modern states. In turn, developed and developing countries, faced with a shortage of personnel in high-tech industries and the "brain drain", modernize their immigration policy to attract highly qualified foreign personnel from all over the world and to secure its own intellectual resources. The article examines recent changes in the modern migration policy in Germany, which has become, on the one hand, more selective to different categories of workers, and on the other hand - more open for skilled personnel, especially from developing countries. The purpose of this policy is primarily to cover the shortage of skilled personnel in the national labor market by attracting foreign specialists.

scholarly journals Derecho(s) y política migratoria en México. Sonora y Guanajuato ante la migración

Revista Trace ◽  
2018 ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Miguel Vilches Hinojosa
Keyword(s):  
International Migration ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Migration Policies ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Law ◽  
Nous Examinons ◽  
And Migration ◽  
Migration Law ◽  
State Territory

Este trabajo propone una distinción analítica entre derecho y política migratoria dentro del contexto de la migración México- Estados Unidos y analiza la visión dominante de las políticas migratorias que enfatizan la seguridad y la soberanía. Sobre esta base, se examina el derecho que enmarca las políticas migratorias de dos entidades federativas en México: Guanajuato y Sonora. Las diferencias entre éstas dependen de la realidad social de las migraciones transcurridas en cada territorio estatal, pero además obedecen a rupturas en los enfoques jurídico-políticos bajo los que se diseñan las estrategias migratorias en México; de estas entidades, una por lo menos, lanza un reto a la manera tradicional de atender la migración internacional. El trabajo concluye con planteamientos que intentan marcar sendas para continuar los estudios de política y derecho migratorio.Abstract: This work proposes an analytical distinction between law and migration policy in the context of Mexico-USA and analyses the prevailing approach about migration policies that emphasize the security and sovereignty. On this basis, we examine the law that frames the migration policies of two states in Mexico: Guanajuato and Sonora. The differences between them, depends on the social reality of migrations that occur in each state territory, but also them are due to breaks in the legal and political approaches that are designed under the migration policies in Mexico and at least one of them launches a challenge to the traditional way of understanding international migration. The paper closes with conclusions that try to outline ways to further research and studies about migration law and migration policy.Résumé : Cet article propose une distinction analytique entre le droit et la politique migratoire dans le contexte de la migration du Mexique vers les États-Unis et analyse l’approche dominante des politiques migratoires qui mettent l’accent sur la sécurité et la souveraineté. Sur cette base, nous examinons la normativité qui encadre les politiques migratoires de deux états mexicains : Guanajuato et Sonora. La différence entre les deux situations dépend de la réalité sociale des migrations qui se produisent dans chacun de ces états mais découle aussi de ruptures dans les approches juridiques et politiques conçues dans le cadre des politiques migratoires au Mexique. Un de ces états lance d’ailleurs un défi à la façon traditionnelle d’aborder les migrations internationales. Le document se termine par des conclusions qui tentent d’esquisser des pistes pour la poursuite des études sur le droit et les politiques migratoires.

European High-Skilled Migration Policy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucie Cerna
Keyword(s):  
Immigration Policy ◽  
Migration Policy ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Skilled Migration ◽  
National Policies ◽  
Skilled Immigrants ◽  
Skilled Immigration ◽  
Card Index ◽  
The Eu ◽  
Ageing Populations

The chapter argues that while Europe needs high-skilled immigrants to fill labour shortages and respond to ageing populations, it continues to struggle recruiting these immigrants due to incre asing political tensions over immigration, which can also affect the highly skilled. These tensions are visible in the varying national policies and Blue Card versions at the EU level. The chapter analyses demographic, economic, and political challenges in Europe and traces high-skilled immigration policy developments over the last decade, both in terms of national policies and the adoption of the EU Blue Card. To demonstrate the variation in Blue Card versions, the chapter presents a newly developed Blue Card Index (BCI) and compares it with an existing index of national high-skilled immigration policies. The indices highlight considerable variation in national policies and Blue Card versions. This has important policy implications, which are discussed in the concluding section.

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