Over the last decades, the globalization of the food and agriculture sector has fueled
international labor migration to rural areas in Southern Europe. Portugal is no exception to …

This article highlights the way the specific configuration of migrants' skills relies on the
relation between admission and inclusion policies, which involves several actors, time …

In this I chapter introduce the concept of “approaches to integration” to examine how local
actors respond to challenges of immigrants' integration based on their political orientation …

Official policies toward irregular immigrants have hardened; but unauthorized sojourners
nevertheless remain in their receiving countries. Their human rights must be in some way …

As interest in the processes of integration of immigrants and ethnic minorities grows among
European scholars, the role of multiple actors in shaping civic and political participation by …

The recent arrival of new migrants fleeing from situations of war and crisis has produced a
new state of emergency in Italy as well as in other European countries. In particular, the …

When a system comes under strain, the persons most likely to suffer from the repercussions
are those at and beyond its margins, as the age-old rule 'Help yourself before helping others' …

This paper is aimed at providing a background analysis of the institutional and regulatory
framework of the health system in Italy and of the composition of the labour force in this …

Reception measures have been implemented in many EU countries, as part of an articulated
framework of European, national, subnational, local normative arrangements. This paper …