1st Edition
The Admission and Integration of Refugees in Europe Legal and Policy Perspectives
Introduction: Methodology and conceptual toolbox
1 Connecting admission and integration of refugees in the legal and political frameworks and discourses
Sebastian Meyer, Giacomo Solano and Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi
PART I The link between admission and integration in the European legal and political frame
2 The constitutional dimension of admission and integration in the shared legal order of the European Union
Sebastian Meyer
3 Navigating the right to family reunification for refugees in the EU: Legal challenges and pathways for policy reform
Carmine Conte
4 When admission excludes integration: Temporary protection in European Union law and practice
Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi and Luca Beres
PART II Combining admission and integration at different levels of the EU governance
5 Admission and reception of refugees: A comparison between Spain and Italy
Valentina Faggiani
6 The reception and integration of beneficiaries of international protection in Poland
Anna Doliwa-Klepacka
7 Admission and integration of refugees and asylum seekers to (the labour market in) the Netherlands
Paul Minderhoud
8 The interconnectedness of the mental health and labour market integration of refugees: Local support landscapes for refugee integration in Dutch municipalities
Jose Muller-Dugic, Pascal Beckers, Lilas Fahham and Lennert Werner
9 The engagement of local authorities in refugee sponsorship: Comparing Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain and the Netherlands
Tihomir Sabchev and Sara Miellet
10 "University sponsorship" for refugee admission and integration: The Italian experience
Marco Borraccetti, Daniela Vitiello and Mariateresa Veltri
Conclusive remarks: Conclusions – Admission and integration: Possible ways forward
Maurizio Ambrosini
Biography
Sebastian Meyer is Postdoctoral Researcher at Utrecht University Law School, The Netherlands.
Salvatore Fabio Nicolosi is Senior Assistant Professor in European and International Law at Utrecht University Law School, The Netherlands.
Giacomo Solano is Assistant Professor in Migrant Inclusion at Radboud University, The Netherlands.
"This is a timely and important book analysing critically the interplay between legal rules and policy implementation in the different stages of admission, reception and integration of refugees in Europe. This book will be a highly useful resource for researchers and experts in the broader migration and asylum governance field."
Anna Triandafyllidou, Professor, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration, Toronto Metropolitan University
"An incisive and interdisciplinary collection that provides a wealth of insight into the vitally important issues of refugee protection and integration."
Andrew Geddes, Professor of Migration Studies and the Director of the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute
"One of the burning contemporary political and social issues in Europe’s the admission and integration of refugees. Although Europe (other than Türkiye) hosts relative small numbers of the world’s refugees, their treatment is a political minefield across the continent. This book provides a much needed reflection on both admission and integration of refugees into Europe. It unravels some of the myths and clarifies the realities regarding refugees and how states can fulfil their international obligations to provide them with durable protection."
Elspeth Guild, Global Professor of Social Justice, University of Liverpool
"The authors analyze the multi-level governance of the admission and integration of refugees at European and national level. The analysis takes the interrelatedness of admission and (broadly defined) integration as point of departure and demonstrates convincingly that this multi-layered, pluriform relationship is inherently contentious and often leads to unintended outcomes."
Marjoleine Zieck, Professor of International Refugee Law, Amsterdam Law School, University of Amsterdam
