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Strengthening cross-border cooperation in the Western Balkans regarding migration management - Croatia

International organisations and scientific networks (e.g. IOM, Vienna Migration Module, European Migration Network) emphasize the necessity to gather the existing statistics and to compare the ways in which data was collected, especially in South-Eastern Europe, because the existing official statistics are unbalanced and difficult to obtain. This proves to be relevant in Croatian case as well. Beside the existing secondary statistics, public debates can also pinpoint some types of mobility which are not included in the reporting provided by the relevant institutions. The detection of certain migration flows by the public shows also which phenomena are recognized as relevant. Accordingly these phenomena will be easier categorized as “ problematic” by politicians and journalists. The social and political relevance of certain migration flows and mobility types is therefore not proportional to its size, frequency or durability. Such migration flows should nevertheless also be included in the arguments on migration management in the region because of their potential to politicize the discourse on migration. Also these flows (e.g. immigration, re-migration of labour emigrants, retirement migration) have the potential to grow into stronger currents which will consequently demand a certain type of management and regulation.Croatian case shows that the types of migration and of spatial mobility can be diverse and numerous in the South East Europe. New trends can be observed, particularly labour immigration, consumer or quality of life circulation, international retirement migration. Some old problems regarding migration patterns are still present: relatively high emigration potential, still unfinished return of refugees, low return migration rates, relatively high numbers of irregular migrants ; and some issues have to be additionally addressed by the policy makers: retaining possible emigrants, improving the status of labour emigrants in their respective host societies, social and political integration of immigrants and regulating international retirement migration.

migration flows, migration management, migration policy, Croatia

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