"The author relates in an inspiring way how]...capitalism, the welfare regime, and citizenship relate] to migration policies, and analyzes the logics of labor migration regulations in three cases. The book makes a key contribution to the academic debate by pointing light on the normative basis of migration policies and the seeming contradictions between the logics of migrant admissions." - Lisa-Marie Heimeshoff, University of Kassel

"This is one the most innovative books on labor migration I have read in a decade. Regine Paul's precise mastery of, among others, comparative political...