Labour immigration and the joint demands of social and global justice KU Leuven
Large-scale labour mobility is widely thought to result in well-being gains, especially for the global poor. In receiving societies, however, it raises concerns about the economic and political viability of the welfare state, and the prospects of native workers. A wide-spread, but controversial, solution to the tension is the idea of differential socio-economic rights for immigrant workers, in particular, restricted access to the welfare ...