immigration policy

collocation in English

meaningsofimmigrationandpolicy

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immigration
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪm.ɪˈɡreɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪm.əˈɡreɪ.ʃən/
the act of someone coming to live in a ...
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policy
noun[C]
uk
/ˈpɒl.ə.si/us
/ˈpɑː.lə.si/
a set of ideas or a plan of what to do in particular situations that has been agreed to officially by a group of people, a business organization, a government, or a ...
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(Definition ofimmigrationandpolicyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimmigration policy

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We believe that there ought to be a complete change in direction forimmigrationpolicy.
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We must have a fair refugee acceptance system and a proper legalimmigrationpolicy.
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We have taken a small step towards a commonimmigrationpolicy.
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It should be talking much more about deregulation, not about how we can go forward with a commonimmigrationpolicy.
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However, animmigrationpolicycreates both duties and rights.
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Despite our wealth, we are incapable of offering a humanitarian response to such situations, nor do we have a commonimmigrationpolicy.
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It is certainly true that cooperation in this area is still a sensitive issue, particularly with regard toimmigrationpolicy.
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However,immigrationpolicyis a matter for each country to decide.
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We are examining how we wish to develop all aspects ofimmigrationpolicy, including such issues.
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With regard to the second point, the success of animmigrationpolicyundoubtedly depends on the integration measures which must accompany it.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
As many people have already said, the common asylum andimmigrationpolicyis progressing in a very unbalanced way.
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We must, then, look through this veil at the larger backdrop against whichimmigrationpolicy, medical or otherwise, plays out.
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The authors point out that inconsistentimmigrationpolicyacross different levels of government is more often than not the norm.
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Moreover, recent immigrants should have a stronger interest in a liberalimmigrationpolicyas they are more likely to seek entry for family members.
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Immigrationpolicyhas received much attention from politicians and the public alike in the major receiving countries in recent years.
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Free trade, liberalimmigrationpolicy, cutbacks in income security programs, increasing policing and incarceration and so on all transformed the terrain of working class organization.
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I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the broad topic of immigration, but also to those whose interests fall more specifically within the area ofimmigrationpolicy.
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The third reason cited is that the regulations governing the immigration of third-country workers is apparently a cornerstone of generalimmigrationpolicy.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I believe that a common asylum andimmigrationpolicythat respects human rights is essential, as the rapporteur also points out.
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Crucial in this is, first of all, thatimmigrationpolicyis linked to an integration policy and anti-discrimination policy.
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So far, no common policy on repatriating asylum-seekers has been formulated in the framework of asylum andimmigrationpolicy.
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That is why we also need to have a balancedimmigrationpolicy.
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It is also important for this tragedy to be seen within the context of the general asylum andimmigrationpolicy.
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They take us one step closer to a more balancedimmigrationpolicyand one based on solidarity.
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Yes, a realimmigrationpolicyis obviously needed too.
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It will be part of a series based on the concept of a coordinatedimmigrationpolicy.
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This proposal for a directive is a strong and decisive step towards the commonimmigrationpolicythat we need.
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The only way to have a balancedimmigrationpolicyis to be firm in combating illegal immigration and to boldly regulate legal migration.
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However, for my group, a jointimmigrationpolicymust include all migrants, otherwise it will fall short of our requirements.
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These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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