The shaping of European immigration policy during the past decade

Martin A. Schain

International Journal of Economics and Business Research, 2010, vol. 2, issue 1/2, 112-124

Abstract: The process set in place in 1999 in Tampere anticipated the development of supranational decision-making in the development of immigration policy. Nevertheless, there has been an accelerating process of intergovernmental agreements, not only around border control, but also around integration and visa controls. While the supra-national initiatives by the Commission that have dealt with the harmonisation of immigration policies have generally languished, the intergovernmental initiatives that have focused on enhanced immigration control and security considerations, and have made considerable progress.

Keywords: supra-national decision making; intergovernmental cooperation; European Commission; European Council; Council of Ministers; Schengen Agreement; anti-discrimination policy; Treaty of Amsterdam; policy convergence; venue shopping; Tampere; immigration control; border controls; policy harmonisation; security; immigration policies; visas. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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