La fabrique d’une immigration choisie. De la carte d’étudiant au statut de travailleur étranger. Lille-Bobigny, 2001-2004

Serge Slama (), Antoine Math (), Alexis Spire () and Mouna Viprey
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Serge Slama: IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales, CREDOF - Centre de recherches et d'études sur les droits fondamentaux - CTAD - Centre de Théorie et Analyse du Droit - ENS-PSL - École normale supérieure - Paris - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - UPN - Université Paris Nanterre - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
Antoine Math: IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales
Alexis Spire: CERAPS - Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches Administratives, Politiques et Sociales - UMR 8026 - Université de Lille - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - IEP Lille - Sciences Po Lille - Institut d'études politiques de Lille - Université de Lille
Mouna Viprey: IRES - Institut de recherches économiques et sociales

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Abstract: The article examines the implementation of a selective immigration policy based on the concept of "chosen immigration" and the relationship between the legal conditions imposed on foreign nationals and their access to the labor market. In the context of successive immigration policy reforms, the value of an empirical investigation lies in focusing attention on the practical conditions under which such public policies are implemented. The empirical study, based on quantitative analyses of administrative records and interviews, examined the procedure for a "change of status," which allows international students to transition from student status to foreign worker status. It also assessed the effects of a 2002 circular intended to simplify and make this procedure more flexible. The article presents the study's main findings: the particularly discouraging nature of the procedure for both students and employers; the differential treatment depending on whether the job offer comes from a private-sector or public-sector employer; the limited impact of the 2002 circular; and the differences in practices among the departmental labor administrations responsible for the selection process. Finally, the finding that a temporary residence permit under the status of "temporary worker," which provides a more precarious legal position, is issued more frequently than a "salaried employee" residence permit raises the crucial question of the legal status of migrant workers and the relationship of dependence on employers created by this status.

Date: 2006
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Published in La Revue de l'IRES, 2006, 50, pp.27-62

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