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Austria
Austria has never officially defined itself as a country of immigration - though in practice 10% of the population does not have an Austrian passport. The dominant migration policy has been oriented, on the one hand, to a ‘guest worker regime’ based on the recruitment and rotation of migrant workers. A key feature is the link between labour contract and residence permit and the orientation of migration policies to meet the demands of the Austrian labour market. On the other hand, the principle of 'jus sanguinis' applies to citizenship requirements in Austria: children with Austrian parents automatically receive Austrian citizenship - even if born outside the country - whereas children born in Austria to migrant parents who do not (yet) possess Austrian citizenship do not have the right to citizenship (Waldrauch/Cinar, 2003: 261).
Since the 1990s, access by migrants to the Austrian labour market, as well as to Austrian territory, has been very restrictive. The last decade has been characterised by continuous amendment of Austrian laws regulating migration.
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A 1020 Wien, Austria
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