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Case Study: Independent migration commissions in Europe: The case of Austria

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  • Gudrun Biffl

    (Faculty of Business and Globalization where she is the Head of Department for Migration and Globalization and Knowledge and Communication Management at Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 A-3500 Krems, Austria)

Abstract

Austrian migration policy changed from a demand driven guest worker model be-tween the 1960s and 1980s to chain migration, family reunion and refugee migration in the 1990s. Membership to the EU in 1995 was accompanied by economic migration from other EU-member states due to faster-than-average economic growth in Austria. Population ageing and insufficient investment in further education and training led to labour scarcities and migration policy reforms in 2011 and gave employer demand a key role in selecting immigrants under a point-system adapted from the Canadian and Australian models. While many elements of the Austrian system are highly developed, there is insufficient coordination among federal agencies. Austria may look to the coordinator of integration policies as a model for improving the coordination of policies to guide skilled labour migration.

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  • Gudrun Biffl, 2014. "Case Study: Independent migration commissions in Europe: The case of Austria," Migration Letters, Migration Letters, vol. 11(1), pages 43-53, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:mig:journl:v:11:y:2014:i:1:p:43-53
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