The Rights of Immigrant Workers in the European Union:An Evaluation of the EU Public Policy Process and the Legal Status of Labour Immigrants from Maghreb Countries in the New Receiving States

Preface and Acknowledgement......Page 10
Table of Contents......Page 14
List of Figures, Graphs and Tables......Page 18
Abbreviations......Page 20
1. Introduction......Page 24
2. Objectives of the Study......Page 28
3. The evolution of EU policy towards Third Country Nationals......Page 30
4. The Mediterranean Challenge......Page 33
5. The Impact of European Law on the Integration of Third Country Nationals......Page 41
5.1 The Schengen Model......Page 43
6. The EU and European Citizenship......Page 45
7. EU Citizens vis-à-vis Resident Third Country Nationals in the EU......Page 48
8. The Internal Market and Free Movement......Page 51
9. Moving Towards a Political Union......Page 52
11. The Preservation of National Controls by the Member States......Page 55
12. Democracy and the Status of Foreigners......Page 56
12.1 The Principle of Collective Autonomy......Page 57
12.2 The Principle of Equality Within Pluralism......Page 58
12.3 The Principle of Inclusion......Page 59
12.4 The Public Principle......Page 60
13. Research Design......Page 61
13.1 Qualitative Data and Analysis for Evaluation......Page 63
13.2 An Inductive Approach to Research on Policies vis-à-vis Third Country Nationals......Page 65
13.3 Identifying the Study-Framework......Page 66
13.4 Previous Approaches to Migration Research......Page 68
13.5 Problems in Migration Research......Page 69
1. Introduction......Page 72
2. The Research Analysis......Page 74
3. The Pendulum Model......Page 76
4. The Principle of Sovereignty: National and Supranational Context......Page 78
5.2 The Intergovernmental (Realist) Approach......Page 83
5.4 Functionalism......Page 84
5.5 Neo-Functionalism......Page 85
6. Macro-theories and their Limitations......Page 88
7. The Shifting context of Policy and Its Implications......Page 91
8. The Legal and Legislative Regime......Page 96
9. Conclusion......Page 98
1. Introduction......Page 100
2. The Maghreb: an overview......Page 106
3. The Euro-Maghreb Trade Initiatives......Page 112
4. Economic Co-operation Agreements with the Countries of the Maghreb and Movement of Labour......Page 115
5. Obstacles to Progress in North-South Regional Initiatives......Page 118
6. Efforts to Manage Migration Issues......Page 121
7. European Community Policy towards the Immigrant from the Maghreb......Page 123
7.1 The Barcelona Conference......Page 125
7.2 Following the Barcelona Conference: 1997-2002......Page 127
8. Conclusion......Page 129
1. Introduction......Page 134
2. Community vis-à-vis Member State Competence......Page 139
3.1 Third Country Community Officials......Page 142
3.3 Applying Co-operation Agreements and Community Law......Page 143
4.1 Third Country National Family Members of EU Citizens......Page 146
4.2 The Rights of Maghrebin Workers Residing in the Community......Page 148
5. Free Circulation and the Right to Provide Services......Page 152
5.1 The Right to Provide Services......Page 153
6. Overview of the Situation in Individual Member States......Page 155
7. Conclusion......Page 157
National Policies for Maghrebin Labour Migrants in the New Receiving States: Italy and Spain......Page 160
1. Introduction: Italy from Sending to Receiving Country......Page 162
2. Attitudes towards Migrants in Italy......Page 166
3. Immigration and Citizenship Policy......Page 169
4. Geographical and Sectoral Distribution of Migrants......Page 174
5. The Socio-Cultural Impact of Immigration......Page 180
7. Support Systems for Immigrants......Page 182
8. Third Country Nationals and Social Services......Page 185
9. Political Impact of Immigration......Page 186
10. Conclusion......Page 189
1. Introduction: Spain from Sending to Receiving Country......Page 190
2. Attitudes towards Migrants in Spain......Page 192
3. Immigration and Citizenship Policy......Page 194
4. Geographical and Sectoral Distribution of Migrants......Page 202
5. The Socio-Cultural Impact of Immigration......Page 213
6. The Social Adaptation and Integration if Immigrants......Page 214
7. Support Systems for Immigrants......Page 216
8. Third Country Nationals and Social Services......Page 217
9. Political Impact of Immigration......Page 218
10. Conclusion......Page 220
1. Italy and Spain as 'New' Countries of Immigration in the European Political Context......Page 222
2. Similarities between Italy and Spain......Page 225
3. Differences between Italy and Spain......Page 228
4. The Impact of EU policy development on Spain and Italy......Page 230
5. A Europeanisation of the Debate about Third Country Nationals Residing in the EU......Page 234
1. The Joint Declaration by the Italian and Spanish Presidencies (1996)......Page 236
2. Tampere Presidency Conclusions......Page 242
3. Laeken Presidency Conclusions (extracts)......Page 250
4. Charter of Fundamental Rights of EU (extracts)......Page 252
5. Council Directive 2000/43/EC of 29 June 2000 implementing the Principle of equal treatment between persons irrespective of racial or ethnic origin......Page 256
6. Co-operation Agreement with Algeria (27.09.1978), (extracts)......Page 266
7. Association Agreement with Morocco (28.02.2000), (extracts)......Page 268
8. Association Agreement with Tunisia (26.01.1998), (extracts)......Page 272
9. Relevant Primary and Secondary Legislation......Page 276
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