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The Effect of EU Enlargement on Immigration to Old EU States

The Effect of EU Enlargement on Immigration to Old EU States DER DONAURAUM Jahrgang 52 ­ Heft 3-4/2012 Introduction Human history is a history of migration; today there are even countries where migrants make up more than half of the population.1 Whether it is bad or good practice to attract more migrants has been a controversial issue that is pivotal in a country's migration policy. The EU has been faced with this dilemma for two decades while making decisions on the enlargement of its borders. As a result, despite having settled the agreement on mobility of capital, goods and services within Europe in the 90s, the free movement of labour is still an issue contingent on EU membership. In 2004, the EU underwent unprecedented enlargement by ten members with different levels of development; in fact, even the Czech Republic and Slovenia, the wealthiest newcomers at that time, were far below average EU income (Rhein 2010). Although considerable research has been devoted to the ways EU enlargement has influenced new and old states including the growth specifics in new states (Caporale 2007), mobility of production factors throughout the enlarged area (Kahanec/Zimmermann 2009), or efficiency on the markets achieved due to post-enlargement migration (Ferragina et al. 2005), rather less attention has http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Der Donauraum de Gruyter

The Effect of EU Enlargement on Immigration to Old EU States

Patvakanyan, Hovsep
Der Donauraum , Volume 53 – May 1, 2016
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DER DONAURAUM Jahrgang 52 ­ Heft 3-4/2012 Introduction Human history is a history of migration; today there are even countries where migrants make up more than half of the population.1 Whether it is bad or good practice to attract more migrants has been a controversial issue that is pivotal in a country's migration policy. The EU has been faced with this dilemma for two decades while making decisions on the enlargement of its borders. As a result, despite having settled the agreement on mobility of capital, goods and services within Europe in the 90s, the free movement of labour is still an issue contingent on EU membership. In 2004, the EU underwent unprecedented enlargement by ten members with different levels of development; in fact, even the Czech Republic and Slovenia, the wealthiest newcomers at that time, were far below average EU income (Rhein 2010). Although considerable research has been devoted to the ways EU enlargement has influenced new and old states including the growth specifics in new states (Caporale 2007), mobility of production factors throughout the enlarged area (Kahanec/Zimmermann 2009), or efficiency on the markets achieved due to post-enlargement migration (Ferragina et al. 2005), rather less attention has

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