United Nations Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis Population Division International Migration Policies, 1995 EUROPE Immigration policy -------------------------------------- Admission Admission of Region and Permanent of migrant dependants of country settlement workers migrant workers -------------- ---------- ---------- --------------- Eastern Europe Belarus Maintain Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Bulgaria Maintain Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Czech Republic Maintain Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Hungary Lower Lower ... ------------------------------------------------------- Poland Maintain Maintain ... ------------------------------------------------------- Republic of Moldova .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Romania Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Russian Federation Lower Maintain ... ------------------------------------------------------- Slovakia .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Ukraine ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Northern Europe Denmark Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Estonia Lower ... Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Finland Lower Lower ... ------------------------------------------------------- Iceland Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Ireland Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Latvia Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Lithuania Lower ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Norway Lower Lower Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Sweden Maintain Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- United Kingdom Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Southern Europe Albania Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Andorra Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Croatia ... ... ... ------------------------------------------------------- Greece Lower .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Holy See Maintain .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Italy Lower Lower Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Malta .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Portugal Lower Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- San Marino Lower .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Slovenia .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Spain Lower .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Yugoslavia .. .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Western Europe Austria Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Belgium Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- France Lower Lower Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Germany Lower Lower Lower ------------------------------------------------------- Liechtenstein Lower Maintain Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Luxembourg Lower .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Monaco Lower .. .. ------------------------------------------------------- Netherlands Lower ... Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Switzerland Lower Lower Maintain ------------------------------------------------------- Definitions: ----------- Immigration policy on permanent settlement refers to Government policies regarding non-nationals who are permitted to enter for permanent residence, generally with a view to eventual citizenship. Immigration policy on admission of migrant workers refers to Government policies concerning those migrants who have been granted temporary work permits and are authorized to enter for the purpose of employment. Immigration policy on admission of dependants of migrant workers concerns Government policies related to the entry of dependants (i.e., nuclear or extended family members accompanying or joining a primary migrant) of migrants who have been granted work permits. Notes: ----- Two dots (..) indicate that data are not readily available. Three dots (...) indicate that countries did not report an intervention. Sources: ------- International Migration Policies (United Nations publication, forthcoming) Global Population Policy Database, 1993 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.9) World Population Prospects: The 1994 Revision (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.16) United Nations Demographic Yearbook (various issues) Databases of the Department for Economic and Social Information and Policy Analysis of the United Nations Secretariat, such as Trends in Total Migrant Stock, Diskette Documentation, 1995 (POP/1B/DB/95/1) and the Population Policy Data Bank, both maintained by the Population Division, and the MEDS database maintained by the Macroeconomic and Social Policy Analysis Division Information Paper, 1994 (Geneva, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, 1994) Population of Concern to UNHCR: A Statistical Overview, 1993 (Geneva, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees, 1994) United Nations publication, (ST/ESA/SER.A/154), Sales No. E.96.XIII.7 Copyright (C) United Nations 1996