Immigration & Emigration - Government Policy, General & Miscellaneous Public Policies, Refugees - General & Miscellaneous

Migration and Refugee Policies: An Overview

Name: Migration and Refugee Policies: An Overview
Author: Ann Bernstein
ISBN: 9780826458124

by Ann Bernstein (Editor), Myron Weiner

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Overview

Migration and refugee movements are becoming increasingly prominent features of the millennial world. Persistent disparities in wealth and job opportunities and continued political conflict and repression impel growing numbers of people to seek work and safely outside their own countries. However, many governments and their citizens remain reluctant to open their borders to foreigners. For this reason, in one country after another, migration and refugee questions have become politically controversial, creating the need for a sound understanding of policy options and their implications.This book brings together five international scholars who survey key aspects of the international experience of migration and refugee policies. In Part II, drawing on the lessons presented by international experience, a team of South African experts address the thorny migration and refugee issues confronting that country's new democratic government.

About the Author, Ann Bernstein

Ann Bernstein is founder and executive director at the Centre for Development and Enterprise, an independent policy think-tank based in South Africa.

Myron Weiner [deceased] was the Ford International Professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a director of MIT's Centre for International Studies, and chaired the external research advisory committee of the UNHCR.

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Contributions by five international scholars survey key aspects of migration and refugee policies, looking at policy instruments used to control illegal migration, attempts by guest workers to strengthen the labor force of host countries, and efforts by governments to select and recruit skilled migrants in line with the needs of their labor markets. They discuss stimulating development in poor countries as a way to stem migration, and examine migration and refugee issues confronting South Africa's new democratic government. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.