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hood all may be affected. As the direction and magnitude of
these impacts are far from clear, research is needed to allow
evidence-based policymaking, to build informed scenarios
and to formulate policy recommendations.
More specifically, with regard to the economic crisis in Europe,
the MPC concentrates on the relationship between
immigration and welfare systems, employment, innovation
and the outsourcing of jobs. All these topics are dealt
with taking into account the origin as well as the destination
countries of migrants. Concerning the Arab spring,
the MPC focuses on the impact that currently unfolding
events may produce on migratory movements, as well as
on the way in which migration stakeholders in the Arab
region and new governments envision migration and migration-related
issues (including the link with diasporas),
and on opinions and intentions of the youth. The MPC
produces informed scenarios of the short- and long-term
consequences of Arab uprisings on migratory movements
both originating in, and destined to, the Arab region.
Other core topics include Africa’s potential for migration
and Europe’s place in the world, bringing the MPC to develop
research activities in the regions of the world which
are most important to the EU.
Mpc projEctS
consortium for Applied research
on International Migration (cArIM-South)
CARIM was created at the EUI in 2004 and co-financed
by the EU. It aims to observe, analyse, and forecast migration
in 17 countries of the Southern & Eastern Mediterranean
(SEM) and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA): Algeria, Chad,
Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania,
Morocco, Niger, Palestine, Senegal, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia,
and Turkey. All are studied as origin, transit and destination
countries. Its team is composed of a coordinating unit
established at the EUI, and a network of more than 90 sci-
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Migration policy
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entific correspondents based in the countries under observation.
The project’s database covers three major dimensions
of migration. Firstly the demographic and economic
module contains a wide range of statistics on migration,
secondly the legal module contains the legal provisions directly
or indirectly linked to international migration, and
its causes and consequences and thirdly the socio-political
module contains documents from governmental and nongovernmental
institutions which play a role in defining migration-related
policies. CARIM has published around 300
studies and reports that together form a unique source of
knowledge on migration south of the Mediterranean.
creating an observatory of Migration East
of Europe (cArIM-East)
The project, co-financed by the EU, is carried out by the EUI
in partnership with the University of Warsaw (CMR), jointly
with a network of correspondents in the target countries: Belarus,
Republic of Moldova, Ukraine, Armenia, Azerbaijan,
Georgia, Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan. Its database
is structured into three modules, similar to those of the
CARIM South project. The research activities are conducted
on two levels: national and regional. They focus on specific
themes, such as border management, irregular migration
from, through and into Eastern Europe, South Caucasus
and Russian Federation; asylum seekers, refugees and mixed
flows; circular migration in post-Soviet states; the international
labour market and its implications for source and destinations
areas; development, remittances and highly skilled
mobility; environmental change and population movements;
mobility in the context of political and economic transition.
developing a knowledge Base for policymaking
on India-Eu Migration (cArIM-India)
This project, co-financed by the EU, is carried out by the
EUI in partnership with the Indian Council of Overseas