"Paper Citizens: How Illegal Immigrants Acquire Citizenship in Developing Countries." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 36(8), pp. 1353–1354

While the right to health is a basic human recognised in international law, COVID-19 pandemic painfully revealed that existing policies and regulations poorly protect many categories of migrant workers, not only during pandemic, but beyond. This article draws on research data collected examines experiences ‘essential’ EU workers with Dutch care identifies structural barriers face when attempting realise fundamental rights. We show how sedentarist biases configuration delivery health-care...

The meat industry showcases the precarity of employment arrangements as part broader global economic liberalization. In many countries, its workforce consists mostly precariously employed immigrant and resident foreign-born workers. Categorized "essential workers", they worked throughout COVID-19 pandemic, while facing high infection risk. Using case-studies in three country contexts – Illinois/USA, Netherlands, North Rhine-Westphalia/Germany we analyzed policy documents, investigative...

Abstract The right of EU citizens to enjoy full social rights in their host Member State is closely related engagement the performance economic activities, as either workers, self-employed or service providers. Since adoption Directive 2004/38, length residence has become an additional criterion for entitlement, absence engagements. This article examines implications readings time strengthening all migrant and questions extent which work remains main frame reference legal construction rights.

Citizenship deprivation – the power of state to take away citizenship against wishes individual concerned is gaining momentum among policy-makers and scholars. This interest linked with changes introduced by a number European states view make it easier from persons engaged in terrorist activities (Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom). article focuses on two such countries, Kingdom which have changed their nationality legislations because deemed conducive public...

In this article, we seek to place the CJEU’s recent case law on social rights for economically inactive EU citizens within larger political context of last couple years that has been characterized by increased contestation type mobility underpinning citizenship. The relationship between citizenship and solidarity – in form mobile taken centre stage during Brexit affair. Political debates concerning free movement (poor) have focused upon issues abuse welfare tourism, despite a lack evidence...

The United Kingdom has amended its nationality legislation in order to make it easier for the state exercise citizenship deprivation powers. new powers target citizens who have engaged behaviours labelled by UK executive as not conducive public good. Statelessness operates outer limit of government’s capacity transform into foreigners and plays an important role limiting

The legal category under which EU citizens exercise their right to free movement – worker, jobseeker, student or economically inactive - determines access social rights in the host state and leads differential inclusion welfare state. equal treatment relation entitlements has been subject constant litigation before European Court of Justice, leading refinement conditions migrant can implications such requests for reside an Moreover, while state's system are set at level, delivery takes place...

Abstract This article examines the links between residence and social rights in context of EU citizens’ mobility. It builds on national replies to a questionnaire concerning implementation application Directive 2004/38 at level. Our focus is how EU28 are implementing provisions assistance for economically inactive citizens, including five relevant European Court Justice ( ECJ ) judgments this area Brey, Dano, Alimanovic, Garcia-Nieto Commission v UK permanent status. Based we argue that...

The notion of social solidarity involves formal and informal practices, with various levels institutionalisation. It builds on normative assumptions discourses reciprocal expectations mutual help, (perceived) ideas sameness or neediness in relation to, among other, class, ethnicity, and/or gender notions deservingness that are entangled such ideas. In this contribution, we discuss how the intersection between institutionalised European nation-states informs who is seen as worthy being part...

Traveling freely, smoothly and unburdened by excessive formalities the adjoining right to reside in another EU state for work, leisure or study are hallmarks of mobility regime applicable citizens their family members. Measures taken majority states deal with Covid-19 have severely disrupted led reestablishment internal border controls, introduction restrictions travel even bans. These obstacles highlighted economy's reliance on migrant labor several sectors, which was further exacerbated an...

Political debates concerning the free movement of (poor) EU citizens (mainly from newer Member States) have focused upon twin issues abuse rights and welfare tourism, despite lack meaningful evidence that two are actually taking place on a wide scale in EU. This article discusses increasing political contestation mobility as captured by notions such as, tourism poverty migration. The analysis case law Court Justice European Union social citizenship shows noticeable shift towards stricter...

Purpose With a focus on the position of EU mobile workers in Dutch meat industry, this article discusses multi-level State efforts to enhance protection who experienced limited existing and private enforcement institutions. The COVID-19 pandemic, with virus outbreaks at plants, fuelled public political will structurally improve these workers' precarious work living conditions. Yet, process policy change is slow. authors show it gradual transformation institutional environment that needs...