Regularisation of unauthorised immigrants in Italy and Spain: determinants and effects

In Southern European countries, the regularisations of irregular migrants have very frequently been used as ex post control policy measures. They have often been blamed by a large number of scholars for their incapacity to stop the reproduction of irregular migration systems. Nevertheless, the debat...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Finotelli, Claudia, Arango Vila-Belda, Joaquín
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/43468
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43468
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Irregular migration
Regularisation process
Informal economy
Spain
Italy
Inmigración irregular
Proceso de regularización
Economía sumergida
España
Italia
Política
Inmigrantes y refugiados
59 Ciencia Política
5902.15 Política Social
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Sumario:In Southern European countries, the regularisations of irregular migrants have very frequently been used as ex post control policy measures. They have often been blamed by a large number of scholars for their incapacity to stop the reproduction of irregular migration systems. Nevertheless, the debate on the effectiveness of regularisation programmes still demonstrates a substantial contradiction between the criticism of regularisations and the lack of empirical evidence in favour of or against the execution of such processes. The aim of the present article is to analyze the effects of regularisations in Italy and Spain as the two countries that have regularised the largest number of migrants in Europe. The final goal of the article is not only to assess the efficiency of regularisations but also to discuss the future of such measures in the Mediterranean migration regimes.