ISS - SID - WPF POPULATION, MIGRATION AND URBANISATION Nigel Harris (UCL) Discussant: Mahmood Messkoub (ISS) ISS - 14 May 09 1

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ISS - SID - WPF POPULATION, MIGRATION AND
URBANISATION Nigel Harris (UCL)DiscussantMa
hmood Messkoub (ISS)ISS - 14 May 091
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2 - INTERNAL MIGRATIONLDCS

• SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION ROLE OF
  MIGRATION
• MIGRATION AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
• BUT! PANIC OVER SHANTY TOWNS WE WANT THEIR
  LABOUR NOT THEM!

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3 - MIGRATION

• Labour OR Labourer?
• - PEOPLE MIGRATE!
• CULTURAL HERITAGE OR CULTURAL BAGGAGE?

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4 - INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION GLOBALISATION

• Globalisation and
• - Goods Markets (trade liberalisation)
• - Financial Markets (capital market
  liberalisation)
• - Labour Markets
• Transfer of production (labour costs) Transfer
  of people/workers (limited)
• - Non-tradable Services (health/care,
  domestic, hospitality) and Construction

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5. ISSUES AT DESTINATION

• - Demographic shift
• Ageing and labour supply
• Old dependency ratio (finance and care)
• - Labour market issues
• Labour Demand
• Labour intensive care sector
• Skill shortages (basic trades, IT,
  finance,RD) - BRAIN GAIN

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6. ISSUES AT ORIGIN

• - Brain-Drain (Origin) and Brain-Gain
  (Destination)
• Replenishing skilled migrant labour?
• Up to 10 - 15 feasible if Capacity to Train
  (e.g. compare India and Ghana)
• N.B. Subsidy to destination country. Need to
  compensate origin country.
• Remittances (5 - 10 GDP)

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7. Policy I - Immigration Control vs Management

• Example EU
• EU Migration Policy? No!
• Migration Control? Yes!
• From Border Line to Border Land
• EU Directives (or recommendations) on
• Admission for economic reasons
• Family reunification
• Permanent residency for continuous residents
• Implementation left to member states (SLOW!).

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8. Policy II - Immigration Security vs Labour
Market

• Ministries Justice, Interior (Police), Defense.
• Criminalisation of Immigration
• (Trafficking?)
• Immigration as a Labour Market Issue.

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9. Policy III Short Term vs Medium/Long Term

• Short Term
• Legalisation of status (amnesty for illegals)
• Regularisation of status (e.g. residency permit)
• Access to welfare and education
• Medium/Long Term
• Family reunion
• Political Rights
• Welfare and social security rights
• Link immigration to labor market needs?
  (temporary migration and guest worker issues)