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1. Introduction: migration policy in the 21st century
Competing policy objectives
Understanding the dynamics of migration
Impact of policy intervention
State capacity subject to constraints
Migration and migrants in the UK
2. Protection: asylum and refugee policy
Legal and ethical constraints
Rise in asylum applications in Europe
Development of asylum policy
Curtailing access to work and welfare support
Fast throughput to refugee status or removal
3. Migration for work and study
Labour migration: ad hoc expansion pre-1997
Demand for migrant workers
Shift to ‘managed migration’ to maximise economic gains
Impact on source countries
New workers from the European Union
Differing views on economic impacts
Migration Advisory Committee
Annual cap on non-EEA labour migrants
Protection within the labour market
Campaign to increase the UK’s market share
Points-Based System Tier 4
Three modes of family migration
Capacity to restrict entry
Limits on who can be joined by family members
Redefining who counts as family
Curbing entry on the basis of marriage
Further conditions attached
Procedural barriers to entry
Impact of restrictive conditions of stay
Causes: understanding the context
Is irregular migration a problem?
Irregular migrants in the UK
Inflexible legal framework
Inter-agency focus on enforcement
E-borders and ‘identity management’
Controls on access to services
Restoration of legal status
6. Integration and citizenship
Integration processes: what do we know?
Models of policy intervention
From anti-discrimination to a duty to advance equality
Targeted integration strategy: refugees only
English language proficiency
Community cohesion agenda
Focus on impacts of migration at the local level
Fragmented responsibility in Whitehall
Citizenship and civic participation
Integration policy: whose responsibility?
Competing priorities and constraints
Policy trade-offs to meet competing objectives
Lack of a strategy to promote ‘integration’
Introduction: migration policy in the 21st century
Competing policy objectives
Understanding the dynamics of migration
Impact of policy intervention
State capacity subject to constraints
Migration and migrants in the UK
Protection: asylum and
refugee policy
Legal and ethical constraints
Rise in asylum applications in Europe
Development of asylum policy
Curtailing access to work and welfare support
Fast throughput to refugee status or removal
Migration for work and study
Labour migration: ad hoc expansion pre-1997
Demand for migrant workers
Shift to ‘managed migration’ to maximise economic gains
Impact on source countries
New workers from the European Union
Differing views on economic impacts
Migration Advisory Committee
Annual cap on non-EEA labour migrants
Protection within the labour market
Campaign to increase the UK’s market share
Points-Based System Tier 4
Three modes of family migration
Capacity to restrict entry
Limits on who can be joined by family members
Redefining who counts as family
Curbing entry on the basis of marriage
Further conditions attached
Procedural barriers to entry
Impact of restrictive conditions of stay
Causes: understanding the context
Is irregular migration a problem?
Irregular migrants in the UK
Inflexible legal framework
Inter-agency focus on enforcement
E-borders and ‘identity management’
Controls on access to services
Restoration of legal status
Integration and citizenship
Integration processes: what do we know?
Models of policy intervention
From anti-discrimination to a duty to advance equality
Targeted integration strategy: refugees only
English language proficiency
Community cohesion agenda
Focus on impacts of migration at the local level
Fragmented responsibility in Whitehall
Citizenship and civic participation
Integration policy: whose responsibility?
Competing priorities and constraints
Policy trade-offs to meet competing objectives
Lack of a strategy to promote ‘integration’
The migration debate
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