Making Migration Work : The future of labour migration in the European Union

Holtslag, Jan Willem; Kremer, Monique; Schrijvers, Erik

doi:10.26530/oapen_448322

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“…In the highly flexible Dutch labour market, the work of Polish migrants is often temporary. They are highly dependent on temporary employment agencies and on their employer, which is not only the case in the Netherlands but in various European countries (Holtslag et al ., 2013; Jennisen and Nicolaas, 2014). The interviewed Polish migrants felt particularly vulnerable because they do not fully understand the labour laws.…”

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“…For lower-educated immigrants job security – a permanent contract, a decent wage – is therefore far more important than welfare arrangements. This not only means that Borjas’ theory of the ‘welfare magnet’ needs to be reconsidered but also that, for some categories of highly skilled immigrants, notably Western Europeans, a comprehensive, secure, welfare state may be an asset, among other factors, that attracts the highly skilled (see also Holtslag et al ., 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As in many other European countries, more than 10 per cent (in fact 11.6 per cent) of the working population in 2013 was born outside the country (OECD, 2015). By far the majority of immigrants are lower-educated (Holtslag et al ., 2013). Therefore policy efforts are taken to attract knowledge workers (labour migrants who are invited by employers and earn wages above a certain threshold) from outside the EU.…”

Section: Introduction: the Migration/welfare-state Paradoxmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Earned Citizenship: Labour Migrants’ Views on the Welfare State

Kremer

2016

J. Soc. Pol.

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In policy and research, migration and the welfare state are often seen as being at odds. When ‘strangers’ enter the welfare state, the financial and social foundations of solidarity are said to crumble. A prominent question, therefore, is whether immigrants should have the same rights as the autochthonous population. Within this frame, migrants are often ‘objects’. This paper reports on qualitative research exploring what different types of labour migrants themselves think about the Dutch welfare state in general, and about giving social rights to immigrants, in particular. The differences in national backgrounds and levels of education in labour migrants’ views are striking: lower-educated Turkish and Polish migrants show little interest in the welfare state, whereas higher-educated Western Europeans seek welfare state security. Higher-educated Indian migrants find the welfare state a totally new concept, although after a while some come to appreciate it. A significant proportion of the questioned migrants, moreover, believe that people should not be entitled to welfare state rights immediately upon arrival. They favour ‘earned citizenship’, with the welfare state being a ‘contribution state’, but stress that migrants should not have to wait too long before being entitled to such rights. The paper also suggests new topics for further research in the increasingly important field of migration, diversity and the welfare state.

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Earned Citizenship: Labour Migrants’ Views on the Welfare State

Kremer

2016

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“…Freedom of movement allows Europeans to live, work, study, and travel within the Union's borders without restrictions. As a result, many Central and Eastern Europeans work and study in other EU member states, and most maintain a residence and strong ties in their homeland (Boswell & Geddes, 2011; Burrell, 2009; Holtslag et al., 2013; Maas, 2013; Paul, 2013; Recchi, 2015). In this context, border closures cannot provide sustainable protection from pandemics, and restrictive immigration policy cannot turn the “transboundary crisis” into a “bounded” problem (Boin, 2019).…”

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Europe’s essential workers: Migration and pandemic politics in Central and Eastern Europe during COVID‐19

Paul

2020

European Policy Analysis

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In early 2020, governments in Eastern Europe responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with the introduction of restrictive measures, national lockdowns, and border closures. State responses in March and April suggested policy convergence across the region, with the prioritization of the recommendations from public health experts over economic activity and the freedom of movement. In early fall, after a second spike in the number of COVID-19 infections across Europe, policy strategies revealed

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“…Migration has been one of the distinctive features of the recent phase of youth employment in Europe . Exacerbated levels of youth unemployment have led to greater attention being paid to the movement of young people within the EU (Burrell, 2011;Glorius et al, 2013;Holtslag et al, 2013) as significant numbers of young people living in countries that are severely affected by the economic crisis have moved abroad to find work. Freedom of movement and residence have been a cornerstone of the EU from the very beginning; indeed, they are enshrined in law: most recently in 2004 in what is known as the Free Movement or the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC.…”

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