Mechanisms of Immigration Control A Comparative Analysis of European Regulation Policies

by Brochmann, Grete; Hammar, Tomas

• ISBN13: 9781859732724
• ISBN10: 1859732720
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-01
• Publisher: Berg Pub Ltd

Summary

Perhaps the most vexing question facing Europe today is what to do about asylum seekers and people in search of work who arrive daily, some escaping nations where poverty and persecution are, for them, facts of life. Given its costs - both human and economic - immigration policy has understandably become a highly politicized issue. With the abolition of internal borders within the EU, new controls are needed to stop immigration and to prevent non-citizens from working illegally. New external policies are being used, such as early warning systems and visa controls, with the long-term aim of reducing emigration from poor and war-ridden nations. Europe has also intensified its control of internal aliens. But there are limits to how tight a control can be made without violating the norms and values of the democratic state, where human rights should be valid for citizens and non-citizens alike. However, free immigration is not in the interests of the European states. It might undermine labour and housing markets, make planning impossible, and alter the preconditions for welfare states. This timely book addresses the politics and mechanisms of immigration control in Europe in an effort to unravel its complexities and propose sensible solutions. It covers recent events, including racist and populist party politics, as well as changes in the international setting, such as the development within the European Union and Schengen, and the recent refugee crisis in the former Yugoslavia. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in immigration studies, European politics, international relations, anthropology and sociology.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	vii
Notes on Contributors	ix
The Mechanisms of Control	1	(28)
Grete Brochamann
Germany's Immigration Policies and Politics	29	(30)
Dietrich Thranhardt
Ideas, Institutions and Civil Society: On the Limits of Immigration Control in France	59	(38)
James F. Hollifield
Immigration Control without Integration Policy: An Austrian Dilemma	97	(38)
Rainer Baubock
Migration Control and Minority Policy: the Case of the Netherlands	135	(34)
Hans van Amersfoort
Closing the Doors to the Swedish Welfare State	169	(34)
Tomas Hammar
Redrawing Lines of Control: The Norwegian Welfare State Dilemma	203	(30)
Grete Brochmann
Planning in the Dark: the Evolution of Italian Immigration Control	233	(28)
Giuseppe Sciortino
The Emergence of Migration Control Politics in Hungary	261	(36)
Kristof Tamas
Controlling Immigration in Europe	297	(38)
Grete Brochmann
Index	335