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The Recruitment and Retention of Central and Eastern European Migrant Workers in the United Kingdom: A Panacea or a Problem under the New Policies of 'Managed Migration'?

Pemberton, S; Stevens, C

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C Stevens



Abstract

The latest changes in the UK government's managed migration policy with the introduction of a new Points-Based System have been recognized as privileging White European economic migrant workers – including those from Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries – at the expense of low-skilled (non-White) workers from outside of the European Union. However, analysis reveals that a series of recruitment and retention barriers may impinge upon the ‘effectiveness’ of such a strategy – particularly the intersection of CEE migrant ‘agency’ with labour market opportunities and UK immigration/welfare policies. In turn, a reassessment of the current approach to ‘managed migration’ is advocated.

Acceptance Date Oct 1, 2008
Publication Date Nov 27, 2009
Journal Regional Studies
Print ISSN 0034-3404
Publisher Routledge
Pages 1289 - 1300
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/00343400903365185
Keywords Central and Eastern European (CEE) economic migrants; recruitment; retention; agency; policy
Publisher URL http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00343400903365185

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