National level policy
Bi- or multilateral level policy
Non applicable
Fine-tuning
Minor change
Mid-level change
Major change
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Finland
France
German Democratic Republic
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States of America
Yugoslavia
Less restrictive
No change in restrictiveness
More restrictive
Cannot be assessed
All
All foreign nationalities
EU citizens
Citizens
Specific nationalities
All migrants
All migrant workers
Low-skilled workers
Skilled/high-skilled workers
Family members
Family members of high-skilled workers, investors or students
Family members of irregular migrants or refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable people
International students
Investors, entrepreneurs and business people
Irregular migrants
Refugees, asylum seekers and other vulnerable people
Diaspora
Specific categories
Surveillance technology/control powers
Identification documents
Detention
Carrier liabilities
Employer liabilities
Other sanctions
Travel visa/permit
Work visa/permit
Entry visa/stay permit
Points-based system
Quota/target
Regularisation
Entry ban
Recruitment/assisted migration programmes
Resettlement programmes
Free mobility rights/agreements
Language, housing and cultural integration programmes
Access to social benefits and socio-economic rights
Access to justice and political rights
Access to permanent residency
Access to citizenship
Reintegration/return programmes
Readmission agreements
Expulsion
Exit visa/permit or exit ban
Institutional capacities
Action Plan, Strategy, Report
Contextual elements
Border and land control
Legal entry and stay
Integration
Exit