Carrera Sergio

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• An EU Framework on Sanctions against Employers of Irregular Immigrants: Some Reflections on the Scope, Features & Added Value

  28 August 2007
  In May 2007, the European Commission issued a Proposal for a Council Directive providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third country nationals. The measure aims to provide a harmonised EU framework for imposing sanctions on employers for hiring third country nationals (TCNs) who do not enjoy a regular status of stay in the EU. This paper outlines the main contents of the proposal by looking at the obligations and sanctions applicable to the employer, the procedures foreseen for the presentation of complaints as well as the set of guarantees provided to the TCN worker.

• The Reform Treaty & Justice and Home Affairs - Implications for the common Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

  27 August 2007
  Following CEPS’ coverage of the ‘institutional deadlock’ and the ‘new deal’ before and after the June European Council, this new Policy Brief by CEPS researchers Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer examines the compromise reached from the perspective of EU Justice and Home Affairs policies. With the formal scrapping of the ‘pillar structure’, this policy field will be among those most fundamentally changed by the new framework.

• Security versus freedom?: a challenge for Europe’s future

  9 August 2007

• A SZABADSÁG ÉS BIZTONSÁG VÁLTOZÓ ÖSSZKÉPE EURÓPÁBAN : A Challange-projekt eredményeiről szóló időközi beszámoló

  2007. július 2.
  A Challange-projekt a jelenlegi liberális kormányok antiliberális joggyakorlatáról alkotott, széles körben elterjedt nézetekre reagál. E gyakorlatok főként a globális mértékben egyre inkább elterjedő biztonság megbomlásból származnak, olyan jelenségekből, melyek széles körben úgy értelmezhetők, mint kötelező intézkedések a hatóságok részéről, következésképpen, mint tulajdonképpeni új korlátok a törvény által biztosított szabadság és az egyén ártatlanságának vélelmének ellenében. A kutats célja olyan ellentmondások vizsgálata, amelyeket azon állítások idéznek elő, miszerint „a biztonság az első számú szabadságjog», ezért új egyensúlyt kell kialakítani, hogy felmérhessük korunk globális veszélyeinek széles skáláját. A projekt első számú tárgya azon irányelvek, illetve veszélyre és megelőzésre hivatkozva kialakított korlátozó intézkedések vizsgálata, amelyek a radikálisan átalakuló környezetben jönnek létre, továbbá ezen intézkedések hatásának vizsgálata a polgári szabadságjogokra, politikai jogokra, illetve a társadalmi kohézióra.

• Terrorism, Borders and Migration: The Commission’s 2008 Policy Strategy in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

  4 June 2007
  Early in 2007, the European Commission published its Annual Policy Strategy for 2008 in which it presents proposals for key initiatives to be taken forward in the next year and assesses their financial and human resource implications. The document presages a profound, long-term impact in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice in the EU (AFSJ). A new paper by CEPS Research Fellows Sergio Carrera and Florian Geyer offers a critique of the envisaged programme in two main areas: 1) «Fighting Organised Crime and Terrorism» and 2) «Freedom of Movement and Managing the EU’s External Borders».

• The EU Border Management Strategy: FRONTEX and the Challenges of Irregular Immigration in the Canary Islands

  23 April 2007
  The EU is developing a border management strategy aiming at an «integrated and global response» to the challenges posed by the phenomenon of irregular immigration through the common external borders. «The Southern maritime borders» constitute one of the main targets addressed by this strategy.

• The Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security: Mid-Term Report on the Results of the CHALLENGE Project

  20 February 2007
  The CHALLENGE project responds to widespread concerns about the resort to specific illiberal practices by contemporary liberal regimes. These practices are linked with the identification of increasing insecurities globally, insecurities that are widely interpreted as obliging sterner policies from the authorities and, consequently, new constraints on principles of liberty under law and presumptions about the innocence of individuals. Specifically, the project examines tensions created by claims that ‘security is the first freedom’ and that a new ‘balance’ has to be established to manage the global scale of contemporary dangers.

• Building a Common Policy on Labour Immigration: Towards a Comprehensive and Global Approach in the EU?

  13 February 2007
  This paper addresses the building of a common EU policy on labour immigration. It reviews the latest policy developments concerning the harmonisation of the rules for admission and residence of third-country workers in the EU. In November 2006, the European Commission published a Communication entitled «Global Approach to Migration one year on: Towards a Comprehensive European Migration Policy», which re-emphasises the need to develop a transnational policy on regular immigration facilitating the admission of certain categories of immigrant workers through «a needs-based approach» and especially taking into account the case of the «highly skilled».

• A Typology of Different Integration Programmes in the EU

  4 December 2006
  This Briefing Paper presents a typology of integration programmes for immigrants in selected Member States of the European Union. It first looks at the concept of ‘integration of immigrants’ and its inherent vulnerabilities. It then provides a typology of integration strategies and policies in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany and the Netherlands. The cases of Spain, Poland and the UK are also taken into consideration. The main tendencies and common elements are assessed and broadly compared. As the paper shows, there appears to be a move towards a restrictive integration policy for immigrants in the EU. Mandatory participation in integration programmes has become a constituent element of immigration and national citizenship legislation, as well as precondition to having access to a secure status. A nexus between immigration, integration and citizenship is also becoming the norm in a majority of the national legal systems assessed in this paper. The link between the social inclusion of immigrants and the juridical framework on immigration, integration and citizenship may raise human rights considerations, and endanger the inter-culturalism and diversity that are inherent to the character of the EU.

• Legal Migration Law and Policy Trends in a Selection of EU Member States

  4 December 2006
  This briefing paper offers an overview of the current trends in ‘legal migration’ law and policy in a selection of EU member states. The main tendencies are ascertained through a comparative analysis of their strategies and priorities in the specific areas of labour migration, family reunification and immigration for the purpose of studies. In particular, this paper looks at the legal and political experiences of and responses pursued by Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Poland, Spain and The Netherlands. The following issues will be addressed: what are the latest developments in the legal and policy framework covering the admission of third country nationals for the purposes of employment, family reunification and studies? What is the underlying approach taken by EU countries? What are the conditions being applied in each of the cases? Are there any migration policy and legal trends that are common to all the member states of the EU?

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