Assessment of National Migration Policies: An emerging picture on admissions, treatment and enforcement in developing and developed countries

Jeni Klugman () and Isabel Pereira
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Jeni Klugman: Human Development Report Office of the United Nations Development Programme

No HDRP-2009-48, Human Development Research Papers (2009 to present) from Human Development Report Office (HDRO), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Abstract: This paper presents an internationally comparable assessment of several dimensions of migration policies as of early 2009. For a selected set of 28 countries, both developed and developing, we analyse the admission criteria, policies on integration and treatment of migrants, and efforts to enforce those policies. Irregular migration is a particular area of focus. The analysis distinguishes between different entry regimes, namely: labour migrants (high or low skilled, with a permanent or a temporary permit), those who move with a family-related visa, humanitarian migrants (asylum seekers and refugees), international visitors and international students. The data is drawn from an assessment by country experts as well as by desk-research of HDRO staff.

Keywords: Migration policies; admission; treatment; enforcement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J0 O1 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2009-10, Revised 2009-10
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Published as background research for the 2009 Human Development Report.

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