Abstract

PLEWA, Piotr  and  MILLER, Mark J.. Postwar and Post-Cold War Generations of European Temporary Foreign Worker Policies: Implications from Spain. Migr. Inter [online]. 2005, vol.3, n.2, pp.58-83. ISSN 2594-0279.

Although seasonal foreign worker admissions to Switzerland and France declined precipitously after 1986, a new generation of post-Cold War temporary foreign worker policies has emerged in the European Union. The new policies are quite modest Germany admits several hundred thousand seasonal workers each year. Spain admits 20,000 to 30,000 workers, although most of them actually reside illegally in the country. Preliminary assessment of Spain's contingents of supposedly recruited foreign workers suggests that the new generation of temporary foreign worker policies went awry, as the postwar generation had by 1973. Other working hypotheses derived from the "wisdom" of the postwar generation include the expectation that the new policies will result in significant, unexpected settlement, will undermine declared policies of controlling migration, and exacerbate bilateral relations between host and sending societies.

Keywords : international migration; temporary foreign workers; inmigration policy; Spain; Germany.

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