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1. British and French policies towards high-skilled immigration during the 2000s: policy outplays politics or politics trumps policy?

Author

Carvalho, João

Subjects
SKILLED labor, IMMIGRATION policy, IMMIGRANTS, WESTERN European politics & government, GOVERNMENT policy, TWENTY-first century
Abstract

Within the context of global competition for human talent, two policy shifts in favour of the promotion of high-skilled immigration (HSI) were observed in the UK and France during the 2000s. In light of similar policy inputs, this article compares the development and implementation of the British Highly Skilled Immigration Programme between 2002 and 2008 and the French Carte de Competences et Talents (Card of Competences and Talents) from 2006 to 2009. This research explores whether there was an overall convergence across these two European countries' policies towards HSI and if they have conformed to a similar client politics model. Whereas this politics model was identified in the UK, a policy gap was observed in France. This article relates the identified divergences with the political agency of the British and French policymakers, while the conclusions argue that politics trumped policy in the two selected cases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2014
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2. The West European Policy Reponse to Asylum Seekers: 1990-2004.

Author

Larsen, Rebecca

Subjects
*RIGHT of asylum, *POLITICAL refugees, *GOVERNMENT policy
Abstract

This article analyzes the evolution of asylum policy and asylum-seekers? situation in three West European countries ? France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Although Germany and the United Kingdom have seen a drop in the number of asylum applications in the last years, possibly in reaction to changes in governmental policy, France in 2004 recorded an increase in its numbers. For most of the 1980s and 1990s Germany received the most applications for asylum in Western Europe. In the late 1990s the United Kingdom replaced Germany as the top destination, and in 2004, France became the top destination. While many authors and journalists state that the change is a result of ?tougher? policies being implemented; therefore asylum-seekers move to the next preferable country, I believe that the explanation is much more complicated. I propose to question whether governmental policy, the nature of the asylum-seekers themselves, or some other factor can explain the change in ?pull? of these countries over time to asylum-seekers. This research will help us understand the importance of governmental policy in shaping immigrants? decisions, and if, over time there is a ?race to the bottom? across the EU member states in terms of asylum policy, or if in general the particular policy nuances of a country are significant in explaining asylum-seekers? final place of application. ..PAT.-Conference Proceeding [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2006