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Convergences and Divergences: Southern European Policies on Irregular Immigration

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Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe

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Southern European countries have rapidly changed their status, transforming from sending to (primarily) receiving countries in the 1980s. They followed their North-Western partners in the establishment of more rigid border controls, but this action conflicted with their labour market needs. In connection with the economic crisis that started in 2008, Southern European countries have experienced a new emigration of their own citizens, as well as a departure of certain immigrants. However, most immigrants from abroad are firmly settled in the region.

The arrival of new flows of asylum seekers, particularly in Greece and Italy, is now at the centre of public concern. Although this trend has given rise to new fears of invasion, it has not actually altered the demographic profile of immigration in the region.

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Ambrosini, M. (2018). Convergences and Divergences: Southern European Policies on Irregular Immigration. In: Irregular Immigration in Southern Europe. Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70518-7_3

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