"Europe's migrant policies: Illusions of integration"
By Suzanne Mulcahy
In this edition of the show we discuss the book Europe's Migrant Policies: Illusions of Integration, written by Suzanne Mulcahy.
Europe is becoming increasingly anxious about issues of immigration and immigrant integration.
Bans on the construction of minarets in Switzerland, prohibition of the wearing of face-covering veils in Belgium and crackdowns on Roma migrants in France and Italy are all signs of the growing prominence of the issue.
Apart from these headline-grabbing policies, many European countries have also been imposing civic integration policies on migrants and restricting their rights to participate in public life. What is driving such policies at the national level? And where does the EU fit into this picture?
This book provides a comparative analysis of the impact of the EU, if any, on the policies and politics of immigrant integration in its member states. It investigates whether the EU can be a force for good in a policy area until now thought to be at the discretion of member states.
With anti-immigrant sentiments rising throughout Europe, Suzanne Mulcahy takes stock of immigrant integration policies in the EU and 15 member states.
Her theory-guided and methodologically rigorous study convincingly demonstrates that this sensitive area has largely resisted Europeanization.
On the contrary, in the absence of legal competences, the EU has been unable to prevent many member states from adopting restrictive integration policies in response to far-right parties politicizing the failed integration of immigrants.
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