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Moving Europe: EU research on migration and policy needs

RESEARCH POLICY

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Socio-Economic Sciences and Humanities

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Moving Europe: EU research on migration and policy needs

2009

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Table of contents
Foreword Acknowledgements Executive summary Introduction 1. The European policy context 1.1 The role ofthe European Commission 1.2 Future migration policy 2. The research projects and summary of main findings 2.1 Networks of Excellence relevant to migration research 2.2 Research projects 2.2.1 2.2.2 2.2.3 2.2.4 2.2.5 2.2.6 Projects on statistics Projects on citizenship issues The labour market and migration Gender and migration Environmental change and sustainable development Youth 3 4 5 6 9 10 1315 15 20 20 21 23 25 26 27 29 29 31 32 32 32 33 33 35 39 43

3. The relevance of research results to policies 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Methodologies, terms and concepts Transnationalisation and globalisation Circular migration Well-managed immigration Illegal migration Under-documented/semi-documented migrants Dissemination of research results

4. The relationship between research, mediaand policy 5. Recommendations Annex: list of project titles and websites

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Foreword
Demography, migration, integration and social cohesion are key topics for the present and the future of the European Union. As indicated in the recent Commission Communication ‘A common immigration policy for Europe’: ‘Immigration into the EU is a reality and there are no reasons to believe thatimmigration flows will decrease’. Research in relation to migration issues is an integral part of the European Seventh Research Framework Programme, theme Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities. SSH aims to develop new knowledge, tools, indicators and databases to support European policies facing current socio-economic challenges, in particular for the labour market, social welfare, social cohesion...