Independent migration commissions in Europe: The case of Austria

Authors

  • Gudrun Biffl Department for Migration and Globalization and Knowledge and Communication Management, Danube University Krems, Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 A-3500 Krems

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v11i1.169

Keywords:

migration, demand and supply driven migration, third country migrants, asylum and migration advisory board, expert council, commission

Abstract

Austrian migration policy changed from a demand driven guest worker model between 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 migra-tion from other EU-member states due to faster-than-average economic growth in Austria. Population ageing and insufficient investment in further education and train-ing 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 co-ordination of policies to guide skilled labour migration.

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Published

2014-01-01

How to Cite

Biffl, G. (2014). Independent migration commissions in Europe: The case of Austria. Migration Letters, 11(1), 43–53. https://doi.org/10.59670/ml.v11i1.169