c. The Actual Movements

  Main Debates Is the Boat Really Full? Where?Should Former Countries of Origin ‘Repay’ their Historic Debts by Receiving Migrants?Does Europe Need an Immigration Policy?   Main Points Transformation of European States from Sending to Receiving StatesAbsolute Number and Relative Proportion of Immigrants in Europe is Statistically Small Lessons from Historical Data:• Closing One Entry Door Leads to Opening of Another• Migration Cannot be Halted   Readings Core J. Salt, Current Trends in International Migration in Europe (Strasbourg: Council of Europe CDMG, 2005), p. 2.A. Segal, An Atlas of International Migration (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993), pp. 3–22.   Extended R. King, ‘European International Migration 1945–1990: a Statistical and Geographical Overview’, in R. King (ed.), Mass Migration in Europe the Legacy and the Future (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1995), pp. 19–39.S. Schmeidl, ‘Comparative Trends in Forced Displacement’, in J. Hampton (ed.), Internally Displaced People A Global Survey (London: Earthscan, 1998), pp. 24–33.EUROSTAT, EUROSTAT Yearbook (2005), pp. 73–78.OECD, SOPEMI, Trends in International Migration (Paris: OECD, 2005).UNHCR, ‘Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and others of Concern – Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions’, in UNHCR Statistical Yearbook (2003).  

About the Reader

Section I Introduction to International Refugee Law: Background and Context


Section II International Framework for Refugee Protection


Section III European Framework for Refugee Protection


Section IV UNHCR and Other Actors Relevant to International Asylum Law




c. The Actual Movements

 

Main Debates

Is the Boat Really Full? Where?
Should Former Countries of Origin ‘Repay’ their Historic Debts by Receiving Migrants?
Does Europe Need an Immigration Policy?

 

Main Points

Transformation of European States from Sending to Receiving States
Absolute Number and Relative Proportion of Immigrants in Europe is Statistically Small
Lessons from Historical Data:
• Closing One Entry Door Leads to Opening of Another
• Migration Cannot be Halted

 

Readings

Core

J. Salt, Current Trends in International Migration in Europe (Strasbourg: Council of Europe CDMG, 2005), p. 2.

A. Segal, An Atlas of International Migration (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993), pp. 3–22.

 

Extended

R. King, ‘European International Migration 1945–1990: a Statistical and Geographical Overview’, in R. King (ed.), Mass Migration in Europe the Legacy and the Future (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1995), pp. 19–39.

S. Schmeidl, ‘Comparative Trends in Forced Displacement’, in J. Hampton (ed.), Internally Displaced People A Global Survey (London: Earthscan, 1998), pp. 24–33.

EUROSTAT, EUROSTAT Yearbook (2005), pp. 73–78.

OECD, SOPEMI, Trends in International Migration (Paris: OECD, 2005).

UNHCR, ‘Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and others of Concern – Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions’, in UNHCR Statistical Yearbook (2003).

 



Readings

Core

Current Trends in International Migration in Europe

J. Salt, Current Trends in International Migration in Europe (Strasbourg: Council of Europe CDMG, 2005), p. 2.
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An Atlas of International Migration

A. Segal, An Atlas of International Migration (London: Hans Zell Publishers, 1993), pp. 3–22.

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Extended

European International Migration 1945-1990: a Statistical and Geographical Overview

R. King, ‘European International Migration 1945–1990: a Statistical and Geographical Overview’, in R. King (ed.), Mass Migration in Europe the Legacy and the Future (New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1995), pp. 19–39.

Comparative Trends in Forced Displacement

S. Schmeidl, ‘Comparative Trends in Forced Displacement’, in J. Hampton (ed.), Internally Displaced People A Global Survey (London: Earthscan, 1998), pp. 24–33.

EUROSTAT Yearbook

EUROSTAT, EUROSTAT Yearbook (2005), pp. 73–78.

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Trends in International Migration

OECD, SOPEMI, Trends in International Migration (Paris: OECD, 2005).

Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and others of Concern - Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions

UNHCR, ‘Refugees, Asylum-seekers, and others of Concern – Trends in Displacement, Protection and Solutions’, in UNHCR Statistical Yearbook (2003).