EUKN - European Urban Knowledge Network - Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies.Conference Report on the ICMPD / IMISCOE Workshop. Vienna, 24/25 March 2006

Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies.Conference Report on the ICMPD / IMISCOE Workshop. Vienna, 24/25 March 2006

Introduction

The ICMPD/IMISCOE Workshop on Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies was organized by the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and held in Vienna on 24/25 March 2006. The workshop aimed at finding determinants of the current migratory situation and policies and, based on this knowledge, innovative ideas for a number of migration topics were presented and discussed.

Presenters – well-known scholars of migration theory and practice -, representatives of UNHCR, the European Commission and several ICMPD Member States (Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Switzerland) gathered for the 2- days workshop, and analyzed eleven concepts dealing with new perspectives for migration management systems in Europe.

Description

In this report the eleven presentations given at the workshop are reviewed. The overwhelming majority of presentations concerned labour migration, identified as the most important migration phenomenon of the last decades. Apart from complex policy projects (T. Veenkamp, J. Crisp, T.J.P. van Os van den Abeelen, J. Doomernik), some new specifically targeted concepts were presented.

One proposal considered the migration of elderly (J. Davies), two approaches addressed entrance policy (H. Kolb, M. Jandl), while one proposal sought to introduce conflict resolution strategies (F. Duvell) in order to better manage crises stemming from migration phenomena.

This large panorama was completed by some new perspectives on the processing of international protection cases (J. Kumin), opportunities for co-development policies (J. Chaloff) and the impact of remittances on migration trends, reasons and effects (R. Münz).

Background information

This conference report is published within the IMISCOE publication programme as part of the Working Papers. These Working Papers are the products of ongoing work by IMISCOE members that are not (yet) ready for publication within the IMISCOE-AUP Book series. They may range from State of the Art Reports (SoAR) on worldwide research within a particular domain to more specific products of ongoing work.

The Working Papers are evaluated by the editorial committee for quality and completeness before being published on the website.
Peer-reviewed publications can be found in the IMISCOE_AUP Book Series developed in co-operation with the Amsterdam University Press (AUP).

EU involvement

The IMISCOE Working Papers are part of IMISCOE which is an EU funded Network of Excellence in the Sixth Framework Programme.

Contact info

IMISCOE Network of Excellence
Karen Kraal (Communication Officer), tel. +31 (0)20 525 3659

Publication date

Project finished

//2004

Researcher

Haleh Chahrokh, Radoslaw Stryjewski and Brigitte Suter

Links

Visit the IMISCOE Publication Index website

Download the 'Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies.Conference' Report (PDF, Eng, 143 KB)

Document type

research

Themes

Urban Policy

Keywords

Social inclusion & integration