Title:Politics and the migration-development nexus: the EU and the Arab SEM countries
Author(s):DE BEL-AIR, FrançoiseDate:2011Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:In the hope of regulating migratory flows, the European Council endorsed a “global approach” to migration in December 2005, an approach which is based on the correction of the “deep causes of migration”: poverty, unemployment ...
Title:Gender politics and migration policies in Jordan
Author(s):DE BEL-AIR, FrançoiseDate:2011Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:This paper tackles the socio-political aspects of gender and migration in Jordan. Our concern is to figure out whether and, if so, how public debate, institutional setup and specific governmental or government-approved ...
Title:Highly-skilled migration from Jordan: a response to socio-political challenges
Author(s):DE BEL-AIR, FrançoiseDate:2010Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:600, 000 to 670,000 Jordanians are estimated to be employed abroad today, some half a million in the Gulf countries alone. Most of them are believed to be highly-skilled. On rare occasions, concern for this ‘brain drain’ ...
Title:Iraqis in Jordan since 2003: What Socio-Political Stakes?
Author(s):DE BEL-AIR, FrançoiseDate:2009Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:This research report describes the main features and social profile of the Iraqi community in Jordan, the various policies Jordan has formulated for them, and the evolution in popular debates targeting Iraqis. Policies and ...
Title:Irregular Migration to Jordan: Socio-Political Stakes
Author(s):DE BEL-AIR, FrançoiseDate:2008Type of Publication:Technical ReportSeries/Report no.:[Migration Policy Centre]Abstract:A striking evidence is the high figures of undocumented migrants in Jordan. The questions asked in the present report are the following: do these figures signal a failure of policies? What are actually the aims of policies ...