Policy Brief – Circular migration in Spain: good practice?

Several international organisations have considered Spain’s circular migration programme (known as “Collective Management of Recruitment at Origin”, in Spanish ‘Gestión Colectiva de las contrataciones en Origen’ or GECCO) to be an example of good practice (López-Sala, 2016). So did the European Commission, which took the “Spanish model” as the basis for drawing up the EU’s directive on seasonal workers (Directive 2014/36/EU). This policy brief first describes the programme’s characteristics and how it has evolved over time. Second, it
examines its strengths and weaknesses. And third, it ends with a series of specific recommendations to improve it.

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