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The InquiryCan Europe solve its migrant crisis?Europe’s migration crisis began back in 2015, with the arrival of over a million refugees, the majority from the war in Syria. Many thousands more from different countries have since sought refuge on European shores for one reason or another, whilst the tightening of external borders and asylum laws have proved ineffective in stopping the boats.There have been years of disagreements over migration amongst the member states of the European Union, which have caused damage to the bloc’s unity. In recent months, however, it looked like some progress had been made towards a fairer and more...2023-10-1224 min
Borders & BelongingAre migrants the answer to labour shortages?Nations in the global North are struggling with labour shortages dubbed in the media as ‘the great retirement' and ‘the great resignation'. Unemployment rates are running at near-record lows. As a result many nations are letting more temporary migrant labourers in to fill the gaps. Is this a good idea? In this episode we'll hear from someone on the frontlines in the fight for migrant workers’ rights: Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a group in Toronto, Canada, that comprises farmworkers, domestic workers and refugees, many of them are undocumented. ...2023-02-2244 min
Borders & BelongingAre migrants the answer to labour shortages?Nations in the global North are struggling with labour shortages dubbed in the media as ‘the great retirement' and ‘the great resignation'. Unemployment rates are running at near-record lows. As a result many nations are letting more temporary migrant labourers in to fill the gaps. Is this a good idea? In this episode we'll hear from someone on the frontlines in the fight for migrant workers’ rights: Syed Hussan, executive director of the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change, a group in Toronto, Canada, that comprises farmworkers, domestic workers and refugees, many of them are undocumented. 2023-02-2244 min
Kreisky Forum TalksJuliane Nagiller, Rainer Bauböck & Martin Ruhs: DAS GASTARBEITS-DILEMMAEin weiteres Beispiel für ethische Dilemmata in der Migrationspolitik
Migrationspolitik polarisiert. Politische Parteien beziehen konträre Positionen. Regierungen und zivilgesellschaftliche AktivistInnen sprechen kaum noch dieselbe Sprache, wenn es um Ziele und Werte in der Migrationspolitik geht. Entgegen diesem gesellschaftlichen Trend behauptet das Projekt „Ethische Dilemmata der Migrationspolitik“, dass es in diesem Feld auch echte Wert- und Zielkonflikte gibt, denen sich politische Akteure stellen müssen. Das von Martin Ruhs, Julia Mourao Permoser, Lukas Schmid und Rainer Bauböck koordinierte „Dilemmata Projekt“ hat vor kurzem in einem Sonderband der Zeitschrift Migration Studies fünf Dilemmata vorgestellt und ihre allgemeinen...2023-02-1751 minKreisky Forum TalksFalter Radio und Kreisky Forum Talks: DAS DILEMMA DER SEENOT-RETTUNGEin Beispiel für ethische Dilemmata in der Migrationspolitik
Migrationspolitik polarisiert. Politische Parteien beziehen konträre Positionen. Regierungen und zivilgesellschaftliche AktivistInnen sprechen kaum noch dieselbe Sprache, wenn es um Ziele und Werte in der Migrationspolitik geht. Entgegen diesem gesellschaftlichen Trend behauptet das Projekt „Ethische Dilemmata der Migrationspolitik“, dass es in diesem Feld auch echte Wert- und Zielkonflikte gibt, denen sich politische Akteure stellen müssen. Das von Martin Ruhs, Julia Mourao Permoser, Lukas Schmid und Rainer Bauböck koordinierte „Dilemmata Projekt“ hat vor kurzem in einem Sonderband der Zeitschrift Migration Studies fünf Dilemmata vorgestellt und ihre allgemeinen Dynamike...2023-02-0236 min
Collegio Carlo AlbertoMigration Observatory 5th Annual Conference - Immigration and COVID-19https://www.carloalberto.org/event/migration-observatory-5th-annual-conference/
organized by Centro Studi Luca D’Agliano and Fondazione Collegio Carlo Alberto, in collaboration with FIERI
14:40 – 16:55 | Academic presentations Jana Cahlikova (Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance), Climent Quintana-Domeque (University of Exeter), Jacopo Mazza (European Commission Joint Research Centre), Martin Ruhs (European University Institute), Ashish Shenoy (University of California Davis)
16:55 – 17:15 | Presentation of the Migration Observatory 5th Annual Report Tommaso Frattini (University of Milan and Centro Studi Luca d’Agliano)
Details on previous editions can be found here: https://dagliano.unimi.it/migration-observatory/2021-02-122h 47
Talking Migration3. Trading rights for migration and is there any light for the displaced Rohingya?Professor Chris Bertram and Professor Martin Ruhs discuss whether there is a trade-off between migration and the rights of migrants. Sarnata Reyolnds talks about the situation for the Rohingya who are fleeing Myanmar (Burma).2016-05-1847 min
VoxTalk VaultsThe price of rights: Key policy trade-offs towards migrant workersMartin Ruhs interviewed by Romesh Vaitilingam, 12 November 2014
Many low-income countries and development organisations are calling for greater liberalisation of labour immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organisations and migrant rights’ advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. This Vox Talk discusses the tensions between human rights and citizenship rights and argues that you cannot always have both. 2014-11-1209 min
Centre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)Decade of Migration, Session 3: Mobility and the global labour market: What can the past tell us about the future?In the third panel of the Decade of Migration conference Martin Ruhs, Monique Kremer, and Roger Waldinger gave different insights into mobility and the global labour market. Martin Ruhs highlights some key inter-disciplinary and policy related themes of COMPAS research that will be important in the future. Monique Kremer looked at the relationship between the labour market and the welfare state, while Roger Waldinger critiques the transnational perspective on migration. Part of the Decade of Migration Conference. This international conference marked the 10 year anniversary of COMPAS and looked to future research agendas. Bringing together leading academics and senior practitioners from...2014-09-2453 minCentre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)The Political Economy of Tied Migrant LabourMartin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS podcast series The great majority of labour immigration programmes in high-income countries are temporary migration programmes that limit the migrant‚ employment to the employer specified on the work permit. Drawing on his recent book ‚ÄúThe Price of Rights. Regulating International Labor Migration (Princeton University Press 2013, www.priceofrights.com ), Martin Ruhs discusses the causes and consequences of tying migrant workers to their employers.2014-03-0320 minCentre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)More migrants, fewer rights?: How shall we balance openness and rights in labour immigration policy?Martin Ruhs, COMPAS, University of Oxford, gives a talk for the COMPAS Breakfast Breifing series Many low-income countries and development organisations are calling for greater liberalization of labor immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organisations and migrant rights advocates demand more equal rights for migrant workers. The Price of Rights, a new book by COMPAS economist Martin Ruhs, shows why you cannot always have both. Examining labor immigration policies in over forty countries, as well as policy drivers in major migrant-receiving and migrant-sending states, Martin Ruhs finds that there are trade-offs in the policies of...2014-01-2726 min
Refugee Studies CentreThe price of rights: regulating international migrationPublic Seminar Series, Michaelmas term 2013. Seminar by Dr Martin Ruhs (University of Oxford) recorded on 4 December 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Many low-income countries and development organisations are calling for greater liberalisation of labour immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organisations and migrant rights advocates are demanding more equal rights for migrant workers. In his new book, The Price of Rights, Dr Martin Ruhs shows why we cannot always have both.
Dr Ruhs analyses how high-income countries restrict the rights of migrant workers as part of their labour immigration policies...2014-01-1450 minRefugee Studies CentreThe price of rights: regulating international migrationPublic Seminar Series, Michaelmas term 2013. Seminar by Dr Martin Ruhs (University of Oxford) recorded on 4 December 2013 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Many low-income countries and development organisations are calling for greater liberalisation of labour immigration policies in high-income countries. At the same time, human rights organisations and migrant rights advocates are demanding more equal rights for migrant workers. In his new book, The Price of Rights, Dr Martin Ruhs shows why we cannot always have both.
Dr Ruhs analyses how high-income countries restrict the rights of migrant workers as part of their labour immigration policies...2014-01-1450 minDepartment for Continuing Education Open Day 2013Who needs migrant workers? Controversies in international labour migrationThe regulation of labour immigration is among the most important and controversial public policy issues in high-income countries. How many migrant workers should be admitted, how should they be selected, and what rights should migrants be given after admission? Who are the winners and losers from opening our borders to more migrant workers from lower-income countries? Drawing on economics and politics, this lectures identifies major trade-offs in international labour migration and discusses the implications for national and global public policy debates. Dr Martin Ruhs is a University Lecturer in Political Economy and the author of The Price of Rights: Regulating...2013-10-0434 minDepartment for Continuing Education Open Day 2013Who needs migrant workers? Controversies in international labour migrationThe regulation of labour immigration is among the most important and controversial public policy issues in high-income countries. How many migrant workers should be admitted, how should they be selected, and what rights should migrants be given after admission? Who are the winners and losers from opening our borders to more migrant workers from lower-income countries? Drawing on economics and politics, this lectures identifies major trade-offs in international labour migration and discusses the implications for national and global public policy debates. Dr Martin Ruhs is a University Lecturer in Political Economy and the author of The Price of Rights: Regulating...2013-10-0434 minCentre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)The Price of Rights. Labour immigration policy and the rights of migrant workersMartin Ruhs outlines the findings of his new book 'The Price of Rights', discussing the trade off between openness to migrants and access to rights.2013-05-2847 min
Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2012Economics: which way now?Dr Martin Ruhs introduces the Department's expanding portfolio of economics courses, in the context of the on-going debate about where economics is headed, starting with the world economic downturn. What were the causes of the global financial crisis and why did most economists fail to predict it? How should we regulate the global flows of capital, labour and commodities? Who are the "new economic powers" and how will they shape the world economy? How can social entrepreneurship affect economic and social processes in the 21st century? This presentation will introduce the expanding portfolio of economics courses at CONTED. Dr Martin...2012-12-1923 minKellogg CollegeEconomics: which way now?Dr Martin Ruhs introduces the Department's expanding portfolio of economics courses, in the context of the on-going debate about where economics is headed, starting with the world economic downturn. What were the causes of the global financial crisis and why did most economists fail to predict it? How should we regulate the global flows of capital, labour and commodities? Who are the "new economic powers" and how will they shape the world economy? How can social entrepreneurship affect economic and social processes in the 21st century? This presentation will introduce the expanding portfolio of economics courses at CONTED. Dr Martin...2012-12-1923 minCentre on Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS)Who Needs Migrant Workers? - COMPAS Breakfast BriefingMartin Ruhs and Bridget Anderson (COMPAS, University of Oxford) give a COMPAS Breakfast Briefing on 11th November 2010.2011-03-1122 min