The Nexus between Immigration, Integration and Citizenship in the EU. Collective Conference Volume/April 2006. CEPS Challenge Papers No. 2(?), 10 April 2006

Apap, Joanna and de Groot, Gerard-René and Besselink, Leonard F.M. and Carrera, Sergio and Groenendijk, Kees and Guild, Elspeth and Niessen, Jan and Pratt, Sandra. (2006) The Nexus between Immigration, Integration and Citizenship in the EU. Collective Conference Volume/April 2006. CEPS Challenge Papers No. 2(?), 10 April 2006.

Abstract

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. Table of Contents. Introduction: Towards an EU Framework on the Integration of Immigrants, by Sergio Carrera; Part I. Integration and Immigration: Integration Policy and Community Law, by Kees Groenendijk; Immigration, Integration and Citizenship: Latest Developments and the EU’s Role, by Sandra Pratt; Unequal Citizenship: Integration Measures and Equality, by Leonard F.M. Besselink; Part II. Integration and Citizenship Reflections on Integration and Access to Nationality/Citizenship through Naturalisation: A Comparative Perspective, by Gerard-René de Groot; The Relationship between Integration and Citizenship, by Joanna Apap; Immigration, Citizenship and the Benchmarking of Integration in the EU, by Jan Niessen; Conclusions: Where is the Nexus? Some Final Considerations on Immigration, Integration and Citizenship, by Elspeth Guild; Annexes: Annex 1. Letter by the Meijers Committee (Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal law) on the Draft Integration Act (TK 30308); Annex 2. Note of the Meijers Committee (Standing Committee of Experts on International Immigration, Refugee and Criminal Law) on the Draft Integration Act; Annex 3. Seminar Programme; Annex 4. Proceedings of the Seminar.