engleski

Migration trends and the development of migration policy in the Republic of Croatia

During the last years Croatia registered an increased immigration flow, and until 2009 it had a positive net migration. The recent economic crisis which also hit Croatia, specially effected sectors that traditionally employ the largest numbers of foreign workers: shipbuilding, the construction industry and torism.Consequently, in 2009 the Government greatly reduce dthe quotas intended for the employment of foreign workers.The reasons for the reduction of the quotas are in fact structural in nature, and the recession only emphasized them further.So far the policy makers have not yet recognised immigration as a potential which could alleviate structural imbalances in the society and influence its economic, demographic and social recovery.Croatia still doesn't have developed migration policy and, among other things, the policy has not defined which type of immigration, if any, should be encouraged.If by the time of accession to the EU Croatia will not develop its own migration policy, then through the extension of the "Schengen regime" its role in this regard could be reduced to guarding the borders of "fortress Europe", instead of providing efficient management of migration flows.

migration; migration policy; immigration; labour migration; asylum seekers; Croatia; EU

Objavljivanje rada u zborniku skupa je u tijeku. Rad će biti objavljen u Belgiji. Izdavač će biti Université catholique de Louvain, a glavni urednik Bichara Khader - directeur du Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Arabe Contemporain.