Migration Between States and Markets (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations)
Contributors: Han Entzinger (Editor); Marco Martiniello (Editor); Catherine Wihtol De Wenden (Editor); Catherine Wihtol De Wenden (Editor)
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing
Published: August 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780754642312
Subjects: Immigration & emigration; Emigration and immigration; Congresses; Social Science; Sociology; Government policy; Emigration & Immigration; Economic aspects
First sentence: In response to a plea from high-tech businesses that German industry was at a competitive disadvantage because of its lack of access to foreign computer and software engineers, in May 2000 the German government launched a new 'green card' programme designed to recruit up to 20,000 highly skilled workers from outside the European Union.