Publication Year: within 5 Years / Topic: Immigration

Author:: Zsolt Darvas
Publication Date:: 02-2020
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Bruegel
Abstract:: Global trade and finance data indicates that the pre-2008 pace of economic globalisation has stalled or even reversed. The European Union has defied this trend, with trade flows and financial claims continuing to grow after the recovery from the 2008 global economic and financial crisis. Immigration, including intra-EU mobility, has also continued to increase.
Topic:: Globalization, Immigration, European Union, Finance, Economic growth, Global Financial Crisis, and Trade
Political Geography:: Europe

Author:: The Conference Board
Publication Date:: 01-2020
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: The Conference Board
Abstract:: As immigration reform remains in gridlock, a new report from a nonpartisan think tank whose membership is comprised of top-level business executives calls on policymakers to enact various changes to bolster America’s workforce and economic might. Published by the Committee for Economic Development of The Conference Board (CED), recommendations from the public policy think tank include streamlining the visa process to strengthen the country’s attractiveness to the most in-demand foreign workers, and increasing economically motivated offers of permanent residence.
Topic:: Immigration, Reform, Public Policy, and Economic Development
Political Geography:: Global Focus and United States of America

Author:: Luicy Pedroza
Publication Date:: 04-2020
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: German Institute of Global and Area Studies
Abstract:: This piece is both an exercise in critical conceptual landscaping in the field of Migration Studies and the proposal of an analytical framework that can correct some of its most serious biases. The framework I propose allows the observing of migration policies as if they constituted a comprehensive policy field. This will permit comparisons across the whole spectrum of migration policies on a rigorous basis, and for all countries and regions. I identify two constitutive sides to the proposed framework, each dealing with how state‐like polities regulate the mobility of incoming or outgoing persons. I further suggest that it include regulations on the rights of individuals to pass through three stages of any international migration journey: the right to enter/exit; the rights as immigrant residents/emigrant non‐residents; and, the rights to citizenship and nationality. This comprehensive framework for studying migration policy promises advances for empirical agendas, but also for connecting them to normative ones rooted in global justice and democratic concerns.
Topic:: Human Rights, Migration, Immigration, and Justice
Political Geography:: Global Focus

Author:: Alberto Costa, Jonathan Portes, Lauren McLaren, Marina Fernandez Reino, and Tim Bale
Publication Date:: 06-2020
Content Type:: Video
Institution:: UK in a Changing Europe, King's College London
Abstract:: Our recent #IsolationInsight virtual event looked at what the UK’s post Brexit immigration regime could and should look like, considering also public opinion on immigration and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speakers: Alberto Costa, Conservative MP for South Leicestershire Professor Jonathan Portes, senior fellow at the UK in a Changing Europe Professor Lauren McLaren, @University of Leicester Marina Fernandez Reino, Migration Observatory Chair: Professor Tim Bale, deputy director at the UK in a Changing Europe
Topic:: Economics, Migration, Politics, Immigration, Economy, Brexit, and COVID-19
Political Geography:: United Kingdom and Europe

Author:: Mikael Barfod
Publication Date:: 05-2020
Content Type:: Commentary and Analysis
Institution:: American Diplomacy
Abstract:: Donald Trump has regularly chipped away at multilateralism during his three years in power: climate change, trade wars, immigration, withdrawal from international conflicts, ambiguity about defence alliances, and even suspension of the US budget for the World Health Organization, to mention a few. EU policy, on the other hand, has always supported the UN and the multilateral approach. A traditionally open and liberal EU has a clear self-interest in preserving multilateralism. Could the EU (as I have previously argued[1]) still take the lead in forming effective international alliances to reactivate and possibly even reform multilateral structures? How can Europe take “its destiny into its own hands” as Angela Merkel suggested recently? Well said, but she is retiring in a year and a half. And meanwhile, what has the coronavirus done to Europe’s destiny? Let’s look at today’s main challenges and opportunities.
Topic:: Climate Change, Immigration, Multilateralism, Trade Wars, and Donald Trump
Political Geography:: Europe and United States of America

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