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. 2023 Oct 16;28(3):470–480. doi: 10.1007/s10995-023-03785-3

Table 2.

Typology of migration regime and country context

Type Migration regime Country Location in migration context EU
accession
GDP
(millions US)1
Subjective positive judgment of the situation of Number of migrants in the country (thousands)3 Share of migrants in total population (%)3
A Southern border countries Southern Islands Cyprus Border island 2004 20,047.01 189 16
Malta Border island 2004 10,999.05 79 62 46 11
New countries for immigration Italy Border country 1958 1,859,383.61 63 54 5,907 10
Spain Border country 1986 1,859,383.61 60 56 5,947 13
Greece Border country 1981 192,690.81 35 30 1,220 11
B Post-colonial and guest workers system UK Target country 1973 2,650,850.18 80 72 8,842 13
Germany Target country 1958 3,477,796.27 82 70 12,165 15
Netherlands Target country 1958 777,227.54 91 65 2,057 12
Denmark Target country 1973 306,899.65 92 78 657 12
Norway Target country No 371,075.24 799 15
Switzerland Target country No 668,851.30 2,506 30
C Rejecting countries Croatia Transfer / CEE 2013 50,714.96 48 48 560 13
Hungary Transfer / CEE 2004 125,816.64 56 55 504 5
Czech Republic CEE 2004 195,305.08 75 63 433 4
Note CEE - Central and East Europe

How would you judge current situation in each of the following? (%) (1) Financial situation of your household. (2) Your personal job situation.

We show percentage of “Total ‘good’” selection.

Sources:1 World Bank, n.d., 2 European Commission, 2018a, 3, UN, 2017