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Youth Mobility Scheme: the panacea for ending free movement?

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posted on 2023-06-06, 09:42 authored by Erica Consterdine
Free movement has been at the heart of the Brexit debate, with the government grappling between satisfying public and business demands for restrictive and liberal approaches to immigration respectively. In response the government have advocated temporary migration as a potential solution, including an expanded UK-EU Youth Mobility Scheme (YMS) modelled on the current T5 YMS on the assumption that YMS migrants undertake low-skilled jobs. Little is known about this visa or the labour market activity of YMS migrants. Drawing on policy analysis alongside survey and interview data from Australian YMS migrants, this paper seeks to bridge some of these knowledge gaps, arguing that an expanded EU YMS will not attract significant EU migrants, and is far from a remedy for free movement ending.

Funding

FP7 - TEMPER - TEMPORARY VERSUS PERMANENT MIGRATION; G1323; EUROPEAN UNION; FP7-SSH-2013-2-613468

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Publication status

  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

National Institute Economic Review

ISSN

0027-9501

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Issue

1

Volume

248

Page range

R40-R48

Department affiliated with

  • Geography Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2019-03-29

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-03-29

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-03-28

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