Labour Migration Governance in Times of Political Transition: A Comparative Analyisis of Egypt and Tunisia

The 2011 uprisings that culminated into the Arab Awakening were expected to engender seminal changes in the political systems of Egypt and Tunisia. Renewed calls to protect Egyptian and Tunisian migrants abroad were at first launched in the two countries. This paper examines patterns of continuity a...

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Published inMigration and development (Abingdon, Oxfordshire, UK) Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
Main Authors Awad, Ibrahim, Selim, Hedayat
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi, India Routledge 01.02.2017
SAGE Publications
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Changes
Employment
Employment in foreign countries
Governance
governmental institutions
Immigration policy
immigration restrictions
Institutions
Labor market
Labor migration
labour migration
Migrants
Migration
migration policy
Policy making
Political development
Political systems
Political transition
Radicalism
Tunisia
Egypt
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Summary:The 2011 uprisings that culminated into the Arab Awakening were expected to engender seminal changes in the political systems of Egypt and Tunisia. Renewed calls to protect Egyptian and Tunisian migrants abroad were at first launched in the two countries. This paper examines patterns of continuity and change affecting policies and institutions of labour migration in Egypt and Tunisia. After outlining key institutions with mandate over labour migration, including a brief analysis of the two countries' labour markets, the paper assesses policies that promote employment abroad and protections for migrants. Egypt has made few changes in labour migration policies or institutions. Tunisia went further but without undertaking radical changes in its policies and institutions.
ISSN:2163-2324
2163-2332
DOI:10.1080/21632324.2015.1085671