MIGRATION POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN PERSPECTIVE - DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE TRENDS

Abstract

This paper presents a general outline of the development of the migration policies in Europe countries, focusing on a historic sketch of the policies, their current development stage, as well as some predictions of their evolution in the foreseeable future. components. The main emphasis is put on the immigration control policy i.e. rules and procedures governing the selection and admission of the foreign citizens, especially with regard to the long-term migration, as it influences the demographic structures of both sending and receiving countries. Subsequent sections of this paper are devoted to the most important international conventions and treaties dealing with migration issues (a legal framework of migration policy development), followed by an overview of the policy measures in both the 'old' EU-15 and the Central and Eastern Europe. The migration policies in selected European countries is presented in details.