The new European Commission will inherit an impasse in efforts to reform the European asylum system as well as concerns about practices in the management of the EU’s external border that contradict humanitarian standards and may even be illegal.

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

Trade preferences provide a potential policy tool for supporting refugee employment in countries of first asylum.

The European Commission is currently finalizing its proposed New Pact on Migration and Asylum to re-start the debate on how to reform the common European asylum system and manage immigration from non-EU countries.

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

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.

Proper management of migration across the Mediterranean Sea requires close cooperation between the EU and African countries.

The book looks at the potential use of the EU's external financial instruments to address the root causes of migration and refugee inflows.