“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Reconsidered: A Comparison of German, Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Policies

Finotelli, Claudia; Kolb, Holger

doi:10.1080/13876988.2015.1095429

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“…Despite a drop in recent years as a result of the economic crisis, immigrants now form 12.2% of the overall population, a proportion similar to that of many other European countries such as Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Italy, and the UK (United Nations, 2017). However, as a recent study by Finotelli and Kolb (2017) comparing the German, Canadian, and Spanish cases shows, immigration policies in these countries differ dramatically.…”

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The jurisdictional games of immigration policing: Barcelona’s fight against unauthorized street vending

Moffette

2018

Theoretical Criminology

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The article maps out the multilayered legal governance of immigrant street vendors in Barcelona. The case study is used to develop the literature on crimmigration by suggesting better ways to account for the dynamic, asymmetric, and uneven legal intersections at play in immigration governance. Questioning the idea of a merger between immigration law and criminal law that scholars of crimmigration often imply, the article suggests that it is the heterogeneity and distinction between various legal regimes that is most productive and problematic in the governing of immigrants. The article offers the concept of interlegal jurisdictional games as an alternative point of entry to study these dynamics.

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Section: Case Study: Barcelonamentioning

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The jurisdictional games of immigration policing: Barcelona’s fight against unauthorized street vending

Moffette

2018

Theoretical Criminology

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“…FitzGerald 2020). At the same time, these countries face common challenges that result from demographic ageing and domestic labour shortages; hence, policy-makers tend to copy other countries' policies (Finotelli and Kolb 2017). A third convergence mechanism could be the interdependence of countries' immigration policy mixes.…”

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Explaining the immigration policy mix: Countries' relative openness to asylum and labour migration

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Simon

2021

European J Political Res

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Western democracies have developed complex policies to manage migration flows. Much of the scholarly literature and political discourse assume that countries have become increasingly selective and that they prioritise economic intakes. Despite clear efforts by policymakers to distinguish between refugees and migrant workers, we know surprisingly little about how countries combine different policy dimensions and which factors shape their relative openness to different target groups. In this article, we shed light on how countries combine two of the main admission channels, asylum and labour migration, by introducing the concept of the 'immigration policy mix'. A comparative analysis of 33 OECD countries between 1980 and 2010 examines the pattern and drivers behind their immigration policy mix: does the policy mix follow a pattern of convergence, is it subject to political dynamics or is it path-dependent? The results reveal that despite a shift in political sympathies from asylum to labour migration, countries' immigration 1 The article has benefited substantially from generous feedback by Tobias Eule, Marc Helbling, Luzia Helfer, Elif Naz Kayran and Lea Portmann. We also thank the colloquium participants at the University of Geneva. The two anonymous referees helped with their valuable comments to improve the article.

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“…Existing literature on policy change in the field of labour migration policy specifically highlighted as features of policy change the introduction of human capital-based attraction schemes, the set-up of immigration offers for skilled workers (without academic degrees) as well as the creation of easier access to permanent residence for labour migrants (see for example Laubenthal, 2014;Kolb, 2014;Finotelli and Kolb, 2015). Existing literature on policy change in the field of labour migration policy specifically highlighted as features of policy change the introduction of human capital-based attraction schemes, the set-up of immigration offers for skilled workers (without academic degrees) as well as the creation of easier access to permanent residence for labour migrants (see for example Laubenthal, 2014;Kolb, 2014;Finotelli and Kolb, 2015).…”

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“…The main aim of this article is to introduce and discuss a specific dimension of policy change in the field of labour migration policy: the attitude of the German government towards efforts of Europeanisation of this specific subfield of migration policy. Existing literature on policy change in the field of labour migration policy specifically highlighted as features of policy change the introduction of human capital-based attraction schemes, the set-up of immigration offers for skilled workers (without academic degrees) as well as the creation of easier access to permanent residence for labour migrants (see for example Laubenthal, 2014;Kolb, 2014;Finotelli and Kolb, 2015). 1 The discussion of the rapidly changing position of the German government towards attempts at EU-harmonisation of labour migration policies thus is thought to add a new feature to the history of a policy change in this particular subfield.…”

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From Brakeman to Booster: Policy change in Germany's EU Labour Migration Policy

Kolb¹

2017

International Migration

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More than 8 years ago the Council Directive 2009/50/EC of 25 May 2009, which is also (and much better) known as Blue Card‐directive, came into effect. Although in general the passing of the directive can be regarded as a milestone in the history of EU migration policy, the first proposals of the directive brought forward by the European Commission envisaged a much deeper and more binding framework including less room for maneuver for the member states. It is well known that particularly the German government at that time spoke out against a (more) extensive Europeanisation of labour migration policy. In sharp contrast to this rather reluctant stance towards ?more Europe? in this area recent developments indicate a significant policy change in the German way of dealing with the question of how much Europe is necessary in labour migration policy. This article seeks to retrace this rather sudden shift and to put it into a broader context of migration policy change in Germany.

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“The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” Reconsidered: A Comparison of German, Canadian and Spanish Labour Migration Policies

Cited by 13 publications

References 16 publications

The jurisdictional games of immigration policing: Barcelona’s fight against unauthorized street vending

The jurisdictional games of immigration policing: Barcelona’s fight against unauthorized street vending

Explaining the immigration policy mix: Countries' relative openness to asylum and labour migration

From Brakeman to Booster: Policy change in Germany's EU Labour Migration Policy

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