Social Benefits and Migration: A Contested Relationship and Policy Challenge in the EU !

10.01.2014 …

Par Asulon

Following the financial crisis that commenced in 2008, the relationship between migration and social benefits has become increasingly contested in a number of large EU member states. The Eastern expansion of the EU in 2004 and 2007 has added a new dimension to the relationship. Concerns have spread across a number of member states about the 'costs' and 'financial burdens' of migration and intra-EU mobility and there have been calls for restrictions of existing EU rights and freedoms in the areas of EU free movement, social security coordination, asylum and migration laws.

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http://www.ceps.eu/book/social-benefits-and-migration-contested-relationship-and-policy-challenge-eu