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Northern Europe

Inhalt UK migration after Brexit Brexit and the Echoes of History Brexit and the end of free movement Ending free movement rights on Commonwealth and EU citizens in the UK Scandinavian responses to immigration Lithuania Ireland Estonia Latvia Ireland Background Immigration Migration Policy Irregular Migration Integration Issues Current Issues References Lithuania Background Information Historical Development Immigrant and Foreign Population Flight and Asylum Integration of Minorities Irregular Migration Current Development References and Further Reading Sweden Introduction Historical Development Current Trends Immigration Policy Immigration / Circular Migration Integration Policy Citizenship Asylum and Refugees Irregular Migration Future Challenges References United Kingdom Background Information Immigration Policy Immigrant Population Minorities Integration Citizenship Refuge and Asylum Irregular Migration Current Developments References Recent developments on asylum and migration in Sweden

The history of the Northern Europe region is marked by migration. People moved across borders and sometimes borders across people. Today, some Northern European countries attract large numbers of immigrants, while other countries experience extensive emigration.

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Brexit and the end of free movement

The withdrawal of the UK from the EU has brought the border and immigration controls into the lives of millions of mobile UK and EU citizens who lost their free movement rights.

Michaela Benson

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Brexit and the Echoes of History

Looking at post-war immigration narratives reveals that immigration is a controversial issue in the United Kingdom, which contributed to the end of free movement schemes – today and 40 years ago.

Chris Billing

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Scandinavian responses to immigration

How have Denmark, Norway and Sweden approached international immigration in the post-war period? What similarities and differences can we see across the countries and how can they be explained? What…

Karin Borevi

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Current Trends of Migration in Lithuania

Throughout its recent history, Lithuania has been a country of emigration. Migration and integration policies are selective as they favour return migration of Lithuanian citizens and immigration of…

Giedrė Blažytė

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Migration and Migration Policy in Ireland

For most of its history, Ireland was a country of emigration. In the last twenty-five years, however, it has gone from being a largely homogenous country to an increasingly heterogenous country in…

Irial Glynn

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Immigration to and Emigration from Estonia

In its history, Estonia has been part of various empires before (re)gaining independence. People have moved across borders – and sometimes borders have moved across them. The legacies of the past…

Mari-Liis Jakobson

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Latvia – Immigration, Emigration, Diaspora

Throughout its history, Latvia has experienced both periods of immigration and emigration. The latter has dominated in recent years. At the same time, negative attitudes towards immigration are…

Inta Mierina

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Further articles on migration in Northern Europe

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Ireland

Traditionally Ireland has been a country marked by a declining population and high rates of emigration. Within the last two decades this situation has reversed dramatically. Immigration has increased…

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Lithuania

Lithuania, the biggest of the three Baltic states, lies on the eastern border of the EU, to which it was admitted in 2004. Since regaining independence in 1990, Lithuania has been strongly affected by…

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Sweden

Sweden is a country with a long tradition of immigration. Already in the 1960s, when, against the backdrop of an economic upswing, foreign labor was recruited, Sweden did not regard immigrants solely…

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom became a country of immigration after the Second World War. Currently, the large number of immigrants leads to much controversy. For the first time in the country’s history,…