Title: Immigration Policy for an Open City-State

Author: Mr. Mikael Ribbenvik Cassar

Abstract

This article addresses the key challenges in managing a migration system for a Global Free City. How can a new jurisdiction handle migration pressure without getting overwhelmed and which would the key elements be in a tabula rasa migration system? Without the constraints of preconceived or traditional ideas on migration systems the article lay out a framework of ten points on how to create a clean slate system. The article covers a processbased approach ranging from access to procedure, eligibility, and selection at the start, through the principals of family unity and reunification and to questions of return or citizenship at the end. All while creating a system that I sustainable over time and variations. It is clear that even a jurisdiction built on the base of migration is in need of a regulatory framework and that such a framework should be free from the conventions and regulations that so far has governed the field.

Keywords

Migration; Citizenship; Asylum; Refugee; Free Global Cities; Free Global City