As Central and Eastern European countries rapidly become countries of transit and immigration they come under greater pressure from the European Union to align their migration and asylum policies with EU practice and expectations. This book considers how EU enlargement eastwards is likely to affect international migration in Europe and discusses ways of combating irregular migration and maintaining adequate border controls. Its review of current and expected migration trends in Central and Eastern Europe, include trends in labour migration prompted by skill shortages in certain employment sectors, transit migration, trafficking and migrant smuggling. The book concludes that although all the CEE countries have in place the legislative dimension of migration it questions the progress made to meet the migration acquis requirement of EU membership. To have a successful migration policy it is important to consider the desirability of replacement migration to correct demographic problems, the employment gaps that may need to be covered with CEEC employees moving and the impact of increased migration on CEE labour markets and societies.

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immigration policy European Union