Expulsion of irregular citizens: (weak) harmonisation with (little) attention to people’s rights

Journal title DIRITTO, IMMIGRAZIONE E CITTADINANZA
Author/s Marco Borraccetti
Publishing Year 2010 Issue 2010/1
Language Italian Pages 25 P. 17-41 File size 140 KB
DOI 10.3280/DIRI2010-001002
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Directive 2008/115/EC is about common standards and procedures in Member States for returning illegal aliens from non-EU countries In an effort to fight illegal immigration, the directive selected some ‘tools’ such as the possibility to return home an unaccompanied minor; the option to send the individuals to a country of transit different from their country of origin; and finally, detaining the individuals in specific temporary facilities up to 18 months. The goal of this directive is to establish common rules in a particular field, which carries consequences in people’s lives and is a very sensitive topic in the political debate. The directive favours the principle of safety: the goal is to single out citizens from non-EU countries with illegal status almost exclusively as a source of public safety problems. As a consequence, there seems to be only one main concern: to send them out of the EU territory, without caring about the impact that this decision will have on them.

Marco Borraccetti, Il rimpatrio di cittadini irregolari: armonizzazione (blanda) con attenzione (scarsa) ai diritti delle persone in "DIRITTO, IMMIGRAZIONE E CITTADINANZA" 1/2010, pp 17-41, DOI: 10.3280/DIRI2010-001002