The European continent, under the impulse of the events generated by the process of European construction that has led to an extension of the external borders of the European Union towards the East, goes through a process of alteration. No matter...
The European Union as a closed community: both sides of the border and the EU immigration regime
Within the European Union, internal liberalization of cross-border labour mobility for EU citizens is combined with the hardening of the efforts of management and control at the external borders. This work argues that through the application of a...
Remaking Europe”s Borders through the European Neighbourhood Policy
This paper explores the implications of the European neighbourhood policy as an ambitious foreign policy of the EU. It suggests that the European neighbourhood policy can be seen as an attempt to reconcile two potentially contradictory processes....
Schengen, the gateway to freedom of movement in Europe (in Spanish)
The abolition of controls at internal borders has repercussions in other areas, such as the fight against cross-border crime or cross-border movements, cross-border trade and cross-border justice. In this sense, the rules of the Schengen area do...
The role of expertise in migration (in french)
This study, published by the European Training Foundation (ETF) in the framework of the project “Migration and skills” aimed to contribute to the improvement of migration policies both within the EU and Morocco in the provision of...
The European Union in the Mediterranean (in Spanish)
Euro-Mediterranean relations along the North and South of the Mare Nostrum riverbanks have been intense and fruitful throughout history, being currently embedded in the process of European integration through the Union for the Mediterranean and...