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Introduction: Why Do Germany and the EU Need a New Immigration Strategy?; The Migration Issue in Germany; The Economic Impact of Immigration; Labor Shortages; Managing Immigration: Policy Options; A Proposal for an Economic Migration Management System; Conclusions: Future Needs of German and EU Immigration Policy
German and European immigration policies have only recently begun to cope with the inevitable: growing labor demand in the face of high unemployment and a shrinking labor force due to demographic change. Despite the implementation of Germany's first immigration act and several European initiatives towards legal harmonization at the EU level, an actively controlling immigration policy, which would be needed to master the challenges ahead, is not yet in sight. Against this background, the book draws conclusions from the German history of immigration policy. It analyzes the country's future deman