Directed at researchers and policy makers at all levels, "Innovative Concepts for Alternative Migration Policies" expands on ten presentations from the 2006 workshop of the same name held at the International Centre for Migration Policy Development in Vienna. Based on the strengths of combined ideas from migration researchers, policy experts, and representatives of international organizations, this timely volume provides eight basic principles for the design of innovative migration policy and stimulates fresh thinking for the development of unconventional and thought-provoking policy making.

In Europe, immigration is a politically potent issue--especially when it comes to the treatment of asylum seekers and illegal labor immigrants. This volume draws the reader into the complex and contradictory world of migration regulation and control, covering the wide range of different policy approaches that aim to control the entry and residence of non-EU citizens. Revealing the common framework, tendencies, and policy convergences brought about less by design than a common concern about migration's impact on the future of the EU, "Modes of Migration Regulation and Control in Europe"...