Anti-immigration Laws
Numerous laws have been passed by European countries to restrict the flow of migrants. In addition, several European countries have passed laws which seek to limit multiculturalism and encourage assimilation among immigrant populations. An example of this would be the French headscarf ban enacted in 2011 or the Dutch Law of Integration from 2007, which requires immigrants from non-EU countries to pass an exam in the Dutch language or be forced to leave.
- Headscarf Regimes in Europe: Diversity Policies at the Intersection of Gender, Culture and ReligionFrom Comparative European Politics, suppl. Special Issue: Gender and Public Policy in Europe
- Europe's New Closed-Door PolicyFrom Nation
- Legal Concepts of Integration in EU Migration Lawfrom European Journal of Migration & Law
- How Dutch Am I? Why the proposed Dutch Compulsory Integration Law for Dutch Antilleans is Discriminatory?from Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies
Shortage of Workers in Europe
Many countries in Europe are facing labor shortages. In the past, migrant workers have filled the gaps. This was the case in the early 1960s, when Germany began inviting Turks to emigrate and become "Gastarbeiter" ("guest worker"). Stricter immigration regulations could make it difficult to fill jobs in these countries.
A Continent Moving West? by Publication Date: 2010A Continent Moving West? argues that the conceptualization of migration as a one-way or long-term process is becoming increasingly wide of the mark. Rather, east-west labor migration in Europe, in common perhaps with other flows in and from other parts of the world, is diverse, fluid, and influenced by the dynamics of local and sector-specific labor markets and migration-related political regulations.
- Germany suffering worker shortagefrom Financial Times