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From State-Controlled to Free Migration: Unintended consequences of the 2008 Swedish Labour-Migration Reform

By Annika Elwert, Henrik Emilsson and Nahikari Irastorza In 2008, Sweden opted for a radical change in its labour migration policy. The new law provided all foreign-born individuals with a job offer the right to migrate to Sweden. The government reduced its ambition to control… Read More »From State-Controlled to Free Migration: Unintended consequences of the 2008 Swedish Labour-Migration Reform

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Welcome to the IILME website and especially to our blog on mobile and migrant labour in times of, and beyond, COVID-19. In the classic contribution by Castles and Miller (1993), our times were named “The Age of Migration”. We have seen for some years the… Read More »Welcome to our blog