Europe and the Immigration of Highly Skilled Labour

The competition for highly skilled labour continues to be fierce and is taking a more institutionalized pattern across most of the developed world. This article sketches the changes in policies, legislations, and procedures across various EU countries and compares these with those of other developed countries. The article shows that EU member states not only compete with non‐EU countries and regions but also among themselves in order to attract and maintain sufficient flows of highly skilled labour.