CMV: The European Union should fairly distribute both benefits and burdens arising from labour migration

Sun Jul 08 2018 15:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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KU Leuven

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Background Information

Issues generated by free movement of labor within the EU can be grouped into different problem-areas:

Brain drain
Downward pressure on wages
Masking of skilled labor shortage
Infrastructural problems arising from net migration
Media coverage and political debate

Political challenges to the principle of free movement itself have mostly been issued by right leaning political parties and EU sceptics on grounds of nationalistic sentiments, concerns for national economies and security. However, on other grounds, f.e. wage concerns, free movement has also been criticized among other political actors within the EU

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The freedom of movement of labor in Europe

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