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Nordic and Baltic Countries

Migration Issues

As they become more important as destination countries for international migrants, the three Baltic and five Nordic States face numerous challenges across a wide range of migration issues. Since their accession to the European Union in May 2004, the Baltic States’ eastern borders have become part of the EU’s external frontier, bringing additional challenges and responsibilities for these countries especially in combating irregular migration and cooperation with their eastern neighbours, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

New demographic patterns characterized by the aging of local populations in the Nordic States, with related strain on local labour markets and social welfare systems, mark substantial shifts in Nordic countries’ approach to migration management. Individual countries in the region are working together, to a varying extent, on the management of migration issues and the transfer of administrative and operational expertise aimed at finding regional solutions to regional challenges. One such initiative is the Söderköping Process or CBCP (Cross-Border Cooperation Process), which encourages cross-border cooperation on practical migration management issues and coordination of joint approaches to address irregular migration flows.

As they become more important as destination countries for international migrants, the three Baltic and five Nordic States face numerous challenges across a wide range of migration issues. Since their accession to the European Union in May 2004, the Baltic States’ eastern borders have become part of the EU’s external frontier, bringing additional challenges and responsibilities for these countries especially in combating irregular migration and cooperation with their eastern neighbours, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus.

New demographic patterns characterized by the aging of local populations in the Nordic States, with related strain on local labour markets and social welfare systems, mark substantial shifts in Nordic countries’ approach to migration management. Individual countries in the region are working together, to a varying extent, on the management of migration issues and the transfer of administrative and operational expertise aimed at finding regional solutions to regional challenges. One such initiative is the Söderköping Process or CBCP (Cross-Border Cooperation Process), which encourages cross-border cooperation on practical migration management issues and coordination of joint approaches to address irregular migration flows.