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Europe

Europe

European Union

Europe faces an interesting set of immigration challenges and opportunities: Demographic pressures as many European societies age, a lively and at times tense policy and political debate over questions of identity and immigrant integration, and a unique policy environment that has knit many European countries together with regards to free movement, the management of outer borders, asylum, and other immigration-related topics. MPI has long conducted research and analysis of European policy on topics ranging from labor mobility and border security to immigrant integration, citizenship, and foreign qualifications recognition, which can be found below.

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Policy Briefs

Supporting Self-Sufficiency: Considerations for Refugees’ Transition out of Sponsorship and Complementary Pathways Programs

As more countries launch refugee sponsorship and complementary pathways programs, planning for and supporting refugees’ transition out of these programs is essential. While often receiving less attention than other elements of program design, a clear transition plan can promote refugees’ self-sufficiency, social cohesion, and overall program sustainability. This MPI Europe issue brief explores common transition challenges as well as promising practices.

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Commentaries

As Europe and the United States Face Similar Migration Challenges, Spain Can Act as a Bridge

Spain and the United States both receive their greatest number of immigrants from Latin America, and have worked collaboratively together on displacement crises and other migration issues. As shared immigration challenges dominate debate on both sides of the Atlantic, Spain can serve as a vital bridge in the policy conversation, this commentary notes.

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Reports

Coordination Breakdown: The Impacts of COVID-19 on Migration in Europe

The story of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe is chiefly one of challenges to solidarity and coordination. Cross-border movement—even within Europe’s Schengen Area—ground to a halt, and countries took varied approaches to using travel measures in an attempt to slow the virus’s spread. This report explores the pandemic’s impacts on mobility to and within Europe, its challenges to European solidarity, and lessons for future public-health crises.

Recent Activity

Articles
July 1, 2003
Europe Attracts More Migrants from China
By Frank Laczko
Articles
July 1, 2003
Germany Weighs Biometric Registration Options for Visa Applicants
By Veysel Oezcan
Articles
July 1, 2003
Can UN Migration Recommendations Be Met in Europe?
By Michel Poulain, Nicolas Perrin
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Policy Briefs
April 2003
Reconciling Refugee Protection and Security Concerns in Wartime: The Case of Iraq
By  Monette Zard and Erin Patrick
Articles
April 1, 2003
EU States Reach Landmark Agreement on Family Reunification Rules
By Veysel Oezcan
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Articles
March 1, 2003
Austria: A Country of Immigration?
By Michael Jandl, Albert Kraler
Articles
March 1, 2003
Gender, Religion, and Secularism Meet in Germany's Headscarf Battle
By Veysel Oezcan
Articles
February 1, 2003
España: Hacia una nueva política migratoria
By Nieves Ortega Pérez

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Recent Activity

Articles
July 1, 2003

Can UN Migration Recommendations Be Met in Europe?

Migration is assuming increasing importance in measurements of population change relative to other demographic phenomena such as births and deaths. Migration flows, however, pose particular challenges to the production and measurement of reliable and widely comparable statistics, as this article explores.
Articles
July 1, 2003

Germany Weighs Biometric Registration Options for Visa Applicants

The German government is testing various biometric registration methods for visa applicants.
Articles
July 1, 2003

Europe Attracts More Migrants from China

Frank Laczko of the IOM examines how increasing numbers of Chinese immigrants are entering Europe.
Articles
April 1, 2003

EU States Reach Landmark Agreement on Family Reunification Rules

After three years of thorny negotiations, the European Union's interior ministers have reached a groundbreaking agreement on the right to family reunification.
Policy Briefs
April 2003

Reconciling Refugee Protection and Security Concerns in Wartime: The Case of Iraq

Amidst heightened security concerns in the post-9/11 world, this policy brief examines international responses to the Iraqi refugee situation and explores various tools that can effectively allow states to reconcile security efforts with the continued commitment to international protection.

Articles
March 1, 2003

Gender, Religion, and Secularism Meet in Germany's Headscarf Battle

A German court has restored the job of a Muslim nursery school teacher dismissed from her post for wearing a symbol of her faith, the headscarf.

Articles
March 1, 2003

Austria: A Country of Immigration?

Recent policies — some more restrictive, some more liberal — reflect Austria's continuing ambivalence about immigration.
Articles
February 1, 2003

Sangatte Shutdown Signals New Anglo-French Cooperation

New measures by the United Kingdom to control illegal immigration, coupled with France's closure of a center long used as a base for asylum seekers trying to slip into the UK, signal fresh cooperation between London and Paris.

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