ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the economic welfare analysis to bear on the issue from the narrower perspective of the receiving countries. It explores the governments represent in the receiving countries or of considering whether and shows how compensation might occur where there are winners and losers from immigration amongst the indigenous society. The chapter describes the changes that took place in national immigration policies in the 1970s and reviews the trends in immigration into the European Union (EU) member states over the last few decades and its significance to their economies. It examines the welfare analysis is brought to bear in order to clarify the economic arguments. The chapter also reviews the available studies of the economic impact of immigration into the United States. It deals with a review of the progress that the EU has made towards the development of a common immigration policy.
