Working Paper T20. On Migration and the Policy Process.

Abstract

This paper is concerned primarily with direct migration policies rather than with the overall impact that indirect policies may or may not have on migration. It might be hypothesized that indirect policies might have their greatest impact on internal migration but, given close links between internal and international systems of mobility, such a conclusion might be too speculative. However, a difference between policies that are designed to deal with movement within the borders of a single country and those designed to 'manage', to use the current word of choice, migration into (or out of) a sovereign state can be sustained. Direct policies, too, can be identified for internal migration and these are discussed after an assessment of those designed for international migration.

Citation

WP-T20, Sussex, UK, DRC on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, 22 pp.

Working Paper T20. On Migration and the Policy Process.

Published 1 January 2007