Across Europe, political parties keep calling for tougher migration policies. Kristina Korte and Daniele Albanese explain how labour mobility programs can provide safe pathways for refugees while helping to reduce labour shortages in the EU.

**Guests: ** Dr. Kristina Korte is a fellow at SWP. Her research focuses on migration and border policies in the EU and beyond. She is working for the project Strategic Refugee and Migration Policy that is funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

Daniele Albanese is working for „Talent Beyond Boundaries“, an organization that connects refugees with employers across the world.

Host: Esme Nicholson

Recommended Reading: Steffen Angenendt, Nadine Knapp, David Kipp: Germany is Looking for Foreign Labour. How to make recruitment development-orientated, sustainable and fair, SWP Research Paper 2023/RP 03, 27.03.2023 Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik: Dossier Forced Displacement and Migration

Recruiting Refugees: Labour mobility as a complementary pathway for people fleeing from conflict