The evolution of immigration and asylum policy in Luxembourg: insights from IMPALA

Michel Beine and Bénédicte Souy ()
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Bénédicte Souy: CREA, Université du Luxembourg

DEM Discussion Paper Series from Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg

Abstract: This article presents and discusses the evolution of immigration policy of Luxembourg concerning the entry of economic, family related and humanitarian migrants. To that aim, we rely on some of the data of the IMPALA project that codes from immigration laws the entry conditions in a set of immigration countries. We focus on some entry tracks specific to skilled and unskilled migrants and compare some of the conditions prevailing in Luxembourg with those observed in France, the US and Australia. We also propose a narrative analysis of the changes in the Luxembourgish regulation since the end of the 19th Century. We show that Luxembourg has improved its immigration system over time and follows mainly reforms introduced in the other European countries and at the European level.

Keywords: IMPALA project; Immigration policy; Asylum policy; Luxembourgish regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J08 J61 K37 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-eur, nep-int and nep-mig
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