EMN Austria at the 8th Conference on Migration Research in Austria

Organizer: Austrian Academy of Sciences, University of Innsbruck, EURAC Research, MCI Management Center and the German Council for Migration e.V..

19 September 2024, Austria

The biennial  Conference on Migration Research in Austria took place from 18-20 September 2024 at the University Innsbruck in Tyrol. This 8th conference was held under the theme “Global Inequalities, (Im)Mobilities and Migration Societies: Post-Migrant Perspectives”.

IOM Austria as National Contact Point Austria in the European Migration Network (EMN) organized a panel on the topic of “Unlawful employment of migrants – A comparative view of approaches by EU member states looking at rights, vulnerabilities, and protection measures for migrant workers”.

The unlawful employment of migrants is part of an increasingly politicized debate about inclusion and exclusion as well as about the rights and obligations of migrants, employers, and the State. Against this backdrop, the panel – composed of representatives of EMN Austria, EMN Belgium and EMN Italy – discussed regulations/policies and practice regarding unlawful employment in Austria, Belgium and Italy. The panel, moreover, put an emphasis on the effects in terms of vulnerabilities and risks due to unlawful employment as well as the agency of unlawfully employed migrants with regard to asserting their labour and social rights, and policy measures to protect them.

Panellists highlighted gaps, challenges and good practices in the selected EU Member States. The contribution on the Austrian case study was based on the EMN Study: Unlawful Employment of Third-Country Nationals in Austria, which can be downloaded here. The presentations can be found here:

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