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“We don’t want what we need and we don’t need what we want”. Migration and integration in the Baltic Sea region is a complex issue. This complexity was highlighted during the expert seminar “Migration, Integration, Europeanization – old and new challenges for policies and actors. The case of Baltic States”, which took place in Warsaw…
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The financial crisis has confronted the Baltic region with new challenges. The Baltic States have experienced negative economic growth rates, reductions in real wages and high unemployment rates. The countries in the Baltic Sea region are also facing a large common demographic challenge as a result of declining birth rates , ageing populations and increasing…
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When Iraqis migrate to Sweden, social networks are their primary information source. The duration of migrants’ residence permits and the sort of jobs the migrants get have important implications for their integration. These are some conclusions from The New Way In, a Migrant Perspective, based on interviews with 45 Iraqi migrants, carried out by Global…
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Around the world a new informal labour market is emerging, with low-paid jobs and increasing segregation. Are the world’s millions of migrants on their way towards becoming the new subclass of the labour market? How can migrant worker rights be protected? What responsibility do countries such as Sweden have? On the 2nd of June, Global…
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Europe’s population is ageing. Clearly, increased immigration will have to be a part of the answer to demographic decline. The crucial issue is moving beyond demographics, and into the how, who and when of European migration policy. In this book, a number of prominent European migration experts and scholars reflect upon the choices that Europe…
