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Female Migrants and the Issue of Residence Rights

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Paradoxes of Integration: Female Migrants in Europe

Part of the book series: International Perspectives on Migration ((IPMI,volume 4))

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This chapter explores the impact of policies and provisions regarding legalisation procedures and stabilising residence rights and the effects of these for female migrants. The current policy trend is to concentrate on the creation of overall and all-embracing policies, whilst the specific needs of women and the types of constraints they experience are not taken into account. The focus is on strategies, both formal and informal, developed by female migrants in response to existing policy provisions organised topically according to their main objectives and functions. This chapter also pays attention to special measures concerning legalisation of undocumented migrants. It discusses the possibilities and consequences of shifts between different legal statuses, questions related to family reunification, irregular migrants’ access to medical care and childcare services, marriage as a strategy adopted in order to obtain the stabilisation of the residence rights, protection-based residence, access to education and training programmes and access to information. It looks at emerging patterns developed by female migrants in response to those elements.

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    1  Council Directive 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation , Official Journal L 303 , 02/12/2000 P. 0016 – 0022.

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    2  On the 2nd July 2008, the European Commission adopted a proposal for a directive which provides for protection from discrimination on grounds of age, disability, sexual orientation, and religion or belief beyond the workplace. The directive has been so far blocked in the legislative process of the European Union.

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Krzystek, K. (2013). Female Migrants and the Issue of Residence Rights. In: Anthias, F., Kontos, M., Morokvasic-Müller, M. (eds) Paradoxes of Integration: Female Migrants in Europe. International Perspectives on Migration, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4842-2_7

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