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Public Policies towards Immigrant Minorities in Western Europe

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Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy

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International migration emerged as an important component in the process of economic expansion and liberalization which took place in Western Europe after the Second World War. Whether as migrant-receivers (north Western Europe) or as migrant-senders (southern Europe), all states became linked into an expanding migration ‘system’, which soon extended beyond the region, incorporating former colonies and other states to the south and to the east.

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Collinson, S. (1998). Public Policies towards Immigrant Minorities in Western Europe. In: Young, C. (eds) Ethnic Diversity and Public Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26798-9_6

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