Selective migration policies: Point system vs. the auction model

Controlling the amount and composition of immigration from non-EU countries can be carried out by quotas and/or by qualitative demands on the immigrants. The selection can be made by priority lists or point systems. Another option is to choose immigrants on the basis of their willingness to pay for an immigration certificate or on the basis of the willingness to pay of domestic enterprises who are looking for employees (auction model). Both methods, however, have ad-vantages and disadvantages as instruments of selective immigration policy. In a comparison of methods, the point system seems to have more advantages.