DOI: 10.36347/sjebm.2018.v05i07.018

Pages: 699-704

It is widely accepted that the recent economic crisis has effects upon the management of labour migration within the EU. The aim of this paper is to consider the EU migration policy, with reference to the economic crisis. The paper will explore the EU level policy reaction to the economic crisis, as well as looking at comparisons between how the UK, Germany, Italy and Spain establish the various regional changes in policies. it can be said that the EU policy shift since the economic crisis has been to encourage migration, but in a directed manner, so as to ensure that the skills’ gaps are filled appropriately and that migration is supported only when it is being used to encourage long term growth for the EU as a whole. Individual countries have applied these policy agendas as a means of restricting the level of migration, based either on a quota or on the basis of skills’ requirements. It is know that the economic crisis has had a negative impact on the strength of the labour markets. This paper will look at the management of migration during economic crisis, using the example of four EU countries, namely Germany, Spain, UK and Italy.