The recent rise of xenophobic attacks against refugees in Germany has sparked both political and scholarly debates on the drivers, dynamics, and consequences of right-wing violence.

Die neue Europäische Kommission übernimmt eine festgefahrene Situation bei der Reform des europäischen Asylsystems sowie problematische Praktiken beim Grenzschutz an den Außengrenzen der EU, die im Widerspruch zu humanitären Standards stehen und...

The paper examines the effect of the import of cultural goods as defined by UNESCO (2009): cultural heritage, performance, visual arts, books, audio-visual material and design on emigration decisions.

Introduction Most high-income countries make a strict distinction in their immigration poli-cies between refugees and those deemed to be labor migrants.

The integration of refugees and migrants in general into the labour market – and into society at large –stands at the forefront of curr

Die Europäische Kommission finalisiert derzeit ihren Vorschlag für einen neuen Pakt zu Migration und Asyl, um die Debatte über die Reform des gemeinsamen europäischen Asylsystems und die Steuerung der Einwanderung aus Nicht-EU-Ländern wieder in Gang...

Irregular migration from Africa across the Mediterranean to the EU has become a central policy issue.

Policies have some potential to influence the process of social integration.

What impact will recently arrived refugees have on the labour markets of receiving European countries?

This paper aims to understand the drivers of immigrant integration at the local level: why are some areas more successful at integrating immigrants? To what extent can observable local economic and demographic characteristics, or the concentration...