New Challenges for Migration Policy in Central and Eastern Europe

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Frank Laczko, Irene Stacher, Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dec 15, 2002 - Law - 257 pages
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe have had to deal with a completely new set of legislative and policy challenges relating to migration.

This book reviews current and expected migration trends in Central and Eastern Europe, including trends in labour migration, transit migration, trafficking and migrant smuggling. It considers how EU enlargement eastwards is likely to affect international migration in Europe. It also examines how much progress the Central and Eastern European countries have made in aligning their migration legislation and migration policies with EU practice. The book concludes that virtually all the candidate countries appear to be on track as far as legislative developments are concerned, but few countries have seriously and systematically examined the question of what kind of migration policy they wish to develop in the future.

Published in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration, Geneva, Switzerland, and the International Centre for Migration Policy Development, Vienna, Austria

About the author (2002)

Frank Laczko, Head of Research and Publications Division, International Organization for Migration (IOM), Geneva. Irene Stacher, Head of Research and Documentation, International Centre for migration Policy Development (ICMPD), Vienna. Amanda Klekowski von Koppenfels, Research Officer, International Organization for migration (IOM), Geneva.

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