#13061. The impact of local support and integration policies: A comparative analysis of the situation of immigrant families with ‘incomplete rights’

2022publication date
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Abstract:
In 20XX, a French city devised local policies for immigrants to enter common law as residents. Starting out from the legal status of some of the family members–most often minors who have the right to protection and education–other family members’ rights were gradually to be ‘completed’. Based on case studies of families, we reconstruct the process of ‘completing rights’. By comparing the strategies of the French city concerning immigration policies with grassroots support in a German city, we discuss how immigrants, professionals, volunteers and politicians respond to legal constraints regarding rights of residency and difficult access to housing and work. We thereby aim to contribute to the discussion on the role of cities in current immigration regimes, and to substantiate the discussion by analysing how the biographical experiences and action orientation of the members of immigrant families reflect and contribute to innovative politics on the communal level.
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Case study; citizenship; immigrant families; incomplete rights; undocumented migration

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