Groenendijk Kees

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• Ten Issues and Recommendations for the European Parliament Elections on Freedom, Security and Justice

  6 October 2008
  The European Parliament elections taking place on 4-7 June 2009 will provide a unique opportunity for addressing the role and potential of the EU on policies related to an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ). These policies lay at the heart of every citizen’s expectations. This Policy Brief presents ten key issues and policy recommendations for the political parties and their campaign manifestos, in relation to borders, asylum, immigration, data protection and criminal justice.

• Family reunification as a right under Community law

  13 février 2007
  La question du droit au regroupement familial occupe une place majeure dans les problèmes posés par l’immigration. Affirmé dès 1961 par la Communauté européenne, ce droit a été progressivement précisé et étendu pour aboutir à l’ensemble actuel de règles, en 2003 et 2004. Les conditions dans lesquelles les ressortissants de pays tiers vivant dans un Etat membre peuvent faire valoir leur droit au regroupement familial concernent notamment leur résidence, l’existence de ressources suffisantes et régulières, auxquelles s’ajoutent les exigences de chaque pays en particulier.

• The Nexus between Immigration, Integration and Citizenship in the EU

  12 April 2006
  What is the nexus between immigration, integration and citizenship in the EU, and what are the effects emerging from that relationship? The papers presented at the CHALLENGE seminar of 25 January 2006 addressed these questions and offered an overview of the main trends, issues, uncertainties and vulnerabilities surrounding these contested issues.

• Reinstatement of Controls at the Internal Borders of Europe: Why and Against Whom?

  6 April 2005
  Each of the successive arrangements on abolition of controls at the internal borders in Europe provided for the possibility of temporary reinstatement of border controls. The actual use of this power may tell us about the functions of border controls.