Migration from CEE - Chances and Risks

Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, , course: WER Prize 2004, language: English, abstract: The debate on movement of people (migration) ranges, 10 days after the probably mostimportant historical moment of European history in the 21st century, from positive topessimistic.Migration undoubtedly presented a excellent opportunity for advancing human welfare, butsome clashes resulting from economical, historical or political failures made weighing itscosts and benefits very difficult: effects that look like benefits from a liberal economic pointof view became costs when viewed from politics and with emotion in mind.First, the author will focus on major economic and political questions and perspectives thatare currently clashing eachother in public debates.2 In fact the current debate on EuropeanEnlargement started already a couple of decades ago when people and populations movedthroughout Europe from South-East Europe and Northern Africa to wealthy countries, such asGermany, France, UK or Scandinavia.3 Today, critics of EU enlargement mainly focus theirarguments on the changes, problems and things that went wrong through immigration or dueto false migration policy. 4 [...]2 Should Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, or even Ukraine join the European Union in the future ? What isgoing to happen to people outside the European Union + other CEE that will look for job opportunities in ourhost countries ?3 - With the result that some immigrants did not find a job, did not actively integrate themselves into their newlocal community or did not get integrated due to many reasons.4 - Nevertheless debates about jobmarket problems resulting from (current and future) European Enlargementshould not mixed up with integration problems resulting with immigrants from Non - EU countries.