Integration for third-country nationals in the European Union : the equality challenge / edited by Sonia Morano-Foadi, Micaela Malena.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morano-Foadi, Sonia.

Malena, Micaela.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Noncitizens--Civil rights--European Union countries.

Noncitizens.

Equality before the law--European Union countries.

Equality before the law.

Emigration and immigration law--European Union countries.

Emigration and immigration law.

Citizenship--European Union countries.

Citizenship.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (418 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenheam, UK ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This highly original book provides an innovative analysis of EU migration and asylum law and its interplay with equality issues in order to assess the current integration framework for third-country nationals and to explore future scenarios in the European Context. Integration for Third-Country Nationals in the European Union focuses on the nexus between non-discrimination based on nationality and race, and the equality clauses covering different categories of regularly residing third-country nationals within EU law. It highlights the extent to which social rights that have been formally promi

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Foreword by the Standing Committeefor the Social Sciences of the European Science Foundation; Preamble; Introduction: integration for third-countrynationals in the EU - the challenge of equality; PART I Framework chapters; 1. The evolution of the concept of union citizenship after the Lisbon Treaty; 2. The equality clauses in the EU directives on non-discrimination and migration/asylum; 3. Integration policy at European Union level; PART II-1 Asylum-seekers and refugees: case studies on the UK, Italy and Greece

4. Inequality for asylum-seekers and people entitled to protection in the European Union5. The United Kingdom's implementation of the EU asylum seekers'Reception Directive; 6. Refugee integration in Italy: shortcomings and future scenarios; 7. Equal before the law? The case of asylum procedures and detention of asylum-seekers in Greece; PART II-2 Economic migrants and long- term residents: case studies on Belgium, Germany, Spain, the Scandinavian countries and the UK; 8. Third-country nationals, integration and access to employment and occupation under EU Law

9. Care, labour and migration policies in Germany: implications for the rights of migrant domestic and care workers10. Immigration policies in Finland: economic marginalisation and the residence-based welfare regime's support for humanitarian migrants; 11. The EU researcher directive and its implementation in German immigration law; 12. Long- term residents' integration in Spain at a crossroads: rights-based approach or downhill towards restrictiveness?; 13. Access to employment and occupation in Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom

PART II-3 Family members: case studies on Germany, The Netherlands and Spain14. Inequalities of family members of EEA and non-EEA nationals: 'integration' and barriers to family reunification in the post-Lisbon era; 15. Language skills as a requirement for family reunification of spouses in Germany: respecting respect for family life?; 16. The Dutch Act on Integration Abroad: a case of racial or ethnic discrimination?; 17. The adaptation of Spanish Law on family reunification to International and European Law; Conclusions; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-91309-7

0-85793-682-4

OCLC:

823726141