Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Work Integration in Comparative Perspective

✍ Scribed by Simone Baglioni (editor); Francesca Calò (editor)

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Year: 2023
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 175
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. The motivations of migrants for travelling to Europe vary, and the quality of the processes involved in their settlement and contribution to social and economic development are inextricably linked to their prospects of finding and sustaining good-quality work. This book explores the labour market integration of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers across seven European countries: the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, Switzerland and the UK. Using empirical data from the Horizon2020 SIRIUS Project, it investigates how legal, political, social and personal circumstances combine to determine the work trajectory for migrants who choose Europe as their home.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Cover
Migrants and Refugees in Europe: Work Integration in Comparative Perspective
Copyright information
Table of contents
List of figures and tables
Notes on contributors
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
The macro level
The meso level
The micro level
Conclusion
References
2 What do the numbers say about migration in European economies?
Introduction
Migration, overall population change and labour force in the SIRIUS economies
Foreign-born population and overall population change
Foreign-born population and shifts in the size of the labour force
Labour market barriers and enablers
Migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in SIRIUS countries: a comparative analysis
Employability of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the SIRIUS economies
Employment opportunities for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the SIRIUS economies
Employability indicators: a structural analysis
Conclusion
Notes
References
3 Legal frameworks
Work, work, work …
Legal status and the ghetto effect
Rights, work and integration
To conclude: how to transform legal status into enablers?
References
4 Welfare regimes and labour market integration policies in Europe
Introduction
Welfare, active labour market policy and migrant labour market integration
Welfare regimes and labour market integration policies
Active labour market policy stigma and employer participation
Methodology
Country characterisations
Czech Republic
Denmark
Finland
Greece
Italy
Switzerland
United Kingdom
Summary of cases
Conclusion
References
5 Civil society organisations and labour market integration: barriers and enablers in seven European countries
Introduction
Methods
Civil society organisations and labour market integration: enablers and barriers
Civil society organisations and labour market integration: enablers
External enablers facilitating civil society support for labour market integration
Internal enablers facilitating civil society support for labour market integration
Civil society organisations and labour market integration: barriers
External barriers hindering the role of civil society for labour market integration
Internal barriers hindering the role of civil society for labour market integration
Conclusion
References
6 Social partners: barriers and enablers
Introduction
Methods
Newcomers’ skills: an unlocked potential?
Are newcomers disrupting national labour markets?
Barriers and enablers according to social partners’ experts
Conclusion
Note
References
7 The ‘back-stepper’ and the ‘career diplomat’: turning points of labour market integration
Introduction
Integration, migrant agency and vulnerability
Methodology
The signposts of integration
Entering the labour market
Meeting the right person
A call from the past
The typology of the ‘integrated migrant’
‘Maids-in-waiting’: stepping back to learn or to get lost?
Alternative navigation, or growing to love
The worker and the woman: the equilibrium of integration
Conclusion: Liquid integration
Notes
References
8 The policy dimension: lessons learnt and ways forward
Introduction
Key lessons and areas for action
Integrating migrants’ needs in post-COVID-19 recovery plans and strategies
Ensuring quality employment and fair working conditions for migrant workers
Valuing the contribution of civil society organisations and establishing appropriate tracking and monitoring systems
Enhancing migrants’ representation and voice and promoting their labour market integration
Strengthening social dialogue mechanisms can help to ensure the realisation of equity and social justice
Prioritising social investment and economic stimulus to support inclusive rights-based policies
Building socially responsive interventions and systems of support that are inclusive of migrant workers
Recognising migrants’ skills and their positive contribution to post-COVID-19 recovery
Conclusion: Moving forward
Notes
References
Index