Europe's Immigration Challenge

Elena Jurado is Senior Consultant at ICF GHK, an international research consultancy. Between 2007 and 2011, she was Head of Research at Policy Network, where she led work programmes on labour migration and the future of European social models. Previously, she worked in the minorities unit of the Council of Europe and as a Politics lecturer at the University of Oxford. Grete Brochmann is Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo. She has served as a visiting scholar in Brussels, Berkeley and Boston, and in 2002 she held the Willy Brandt Guest Professorship in Malmo, Sweden. She was recently head of a governmental commission on International Migration and the Norwegian Welfare Model.

• Introduction1: Immigration, work and welfare: a dynamic relationship by Grete Brochmann, University of Oslo and Elena Jurado, Policy NetworkPART 1: In search of the “useful” immigrant: mission impossible?2: The limitations of selective immigration policies by Elizabeth Collett, Migration Policy Institute3: Is intra-EU mobility creating a “race to the bottom”? by Jon Kvist, University of Southern Denmark4: Refugee protection and the sustainability of the European Social Model by Jill Rutter, former Head of Policy at Refugee and Migrant Justice5: Squaring the circle: Immigration, “differential entitlements” and social cohesion by Peter Dwyer, Nottingham Trent UniversityPART 2: Immigration and job-creation: creating a virtuous circle6: Employment protection, flexible labour markets and job displacement by Rainer Münz, Erste Bank in Vienna / Hamburg Institute of International Economics7: Up-skilling or out-skilling? Migrant labour and the drive to transform Europe into aknowledge-based economy by Martin Ruhs, University of Oxford / UK Migration Advisory Committee8: Trade Unions, immigration and internationalization: new challenges and changing coalitions by Leah Haus, Vassar College9: Into the black hole: Immigration and Europe’s underground economy by Ferruccio Pastore, Centre for the Study of International PoliticsPART 3: Boon or burden: immigration and welfare reform in Europe9: Which card have you been dealt? Immigration and the future of European benefit systems by Diane Sainsbury, Stockholm University10: In sickness and in health: the role of immigration in European healthcare systems by Michael Stolpe, Kiel Institute for the World Economy11: Is migrant labour an opportunity or an obstacle to reforming pension systems in Europe? By Ann Morissens, University of Twente12: Immigration and public housing: stretching the limits of European solidarity? By Stephen Mangen, London School of EconomicsPART 4: Towards an integrated approach13: Follow my lead: the role of politics in shaping the debate on immigration by Shamit Saggar, University of Sussex14. Unexpected allies: linking immigration, welfare and labour market reform by Liam Byrne MP15. Is ‘more Europe’ the answer? How the EU can help states coordinate their immigration and social policies by Andrew Geddes, University of Sheffield