History, Highly Skilled Immigration and Development in England

ISBN-13: 9783659326493 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 56 str.

Springer De Freitas Renan;Simai Szilvia

Opis

This book intends to review the de jure and de facto immigration policy in England from a historical perspective. Todays Tier 1 points based immigration system in the UK was born out of the Highly Skilled Migrant Program (HSMP) and even through the latest migration policy rules, scientists were exempted from tougher UK immigration rules. Although the Highly Skilled Migrant Program as an immigration policy scheme was introduced only in 2002, with effect in 2006, it finds its ideological roots and its background in practices in the 19th century. Can we say that there were some sort of migratory policies in the 19th century in England to attract highly qualified foreigners? And if so, in what sense we can say that this can be seen as the sources for the current HSMP? These are some of the questions we ponder with this historical review.

O autorze

Dr. Springer de Freitas is a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil where he lectures at the sociology department. Dr. Simai has a PhD from the University of London and she is currently a FAPEMIG postdoctoral researcher in Brazil.