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Press releaseCountering the shortage of skilled workers – concrete starting points for the labour market

The skills and labour shortage is already posing major challenges for the labour market in Germany. The BiB has identified in its research ways to offset the future decline in the labour force.

BooksMigration and Refugee Policies in Germany. New European Limits of Control?

Ette, Andreas (2017)

Beiträge zur Bevölkerungswissenschaft 51. Opladen, Berlin, Toronto: Barbara Budrich

International migration is one of the most controversial political topics today which demands innovative approaches of global and regional governance. The book provides a fresh theoretical framework to understand European responses to the international migration of people and explains the dynamics of Germany’s migration and refugee policy during the last two decades. Against traditional theories and their inherent focus on the national political sphere, the book highlights supranational and multi-level political processes as increasingly important factors to account for national policy changes.