The Integration and Protection of Immigrants: Canadian and Scandinavian Critiques

by Paul Van Aerschot, Patricia Daenzer, Satvinder S Juss

Overview

In Scandinavian countries immigration is a sensitive issue and legislators’ approach to the questions it has raised has varied over the years. Whatever immigrant and integration policies are adopted in a democratic society, it is clear that the legislation and the authorities have to ensure that the individual rights of the immigrants residing in its territory are respected. With Canada as a point of reference, this book draws attention to weaknesses in the regulation and implementation of integration provisions threatening the immigrants’ individual rights in the EU member states of Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The study challenges readers to critically review the meaning of rights and the notion of global caring. It takes a critical look at how vulnerable immigrants fare in a largely immigrant nation with a welfare capitalism legacy, when compared to three European nations which claim to embrace institutional welfare models.

This book will be of great interest to scholars and decision-makers interested in Scandinavian or Canadian immigration and integration policies.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781472436566
Publisher:	Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	10/28/2014
Series:	Law and Migration
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Paul Van Aerschot is adjunct professor (‘docent’) of social welfare law at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has worked recently at the same university as a senior lecturer in social welfare law and earlier as assistant professor and acting professor of administrative law. He has a particular interest in socio-legal studies and has written on aspects of social welfare law and social security.

Patricia Daenzer recently retired from McMaster University, School of Social Work, Ontario, Canada, where her academic focus was ‘Social Welfare Policy’ with a particular interest in policy issues related to migrant workers, immigrants and refugees. This continues to be the focus of her research, community advocacy and current writing.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface; Introduction, Paul Van Aerschot and Patricia Daenzer. Part 1 Integration Policies: Migration, post-migration policies and social integration in Canada, Patricia Daenzer; From the bottom up: developing a community based immigration strategy: a Canadian case study, Tim Rees; Shifting policy aims in the reformed Finnish and Swedish integration legislation, Paul Van Aerschot; Integration beyond multiculturalism: social cohesion and structural discrimination in Sweden, Masoud Kamali; Citizen-making at the language centres: civic education for immigrants through the official Danish language tuition, Marjukka Weide; Remarks on the legal and political status of EU citizenship, Joakim Nergelius. Part 2 Regulating the Protection of Immigrants in a Vulnerable Position: Regulating the irregular: third-country labour migration in a changing society from a Swedish and EU perspective, Andreas Inghammar; The exploitation of migrant labour and the problems of control in Finland, Anne Alvesalo-Kuusi, Anniina Jokinen and Natalia Ollus; The right to health care for irregular migrants in Sweden: a dilemma for the universal model and the moral economy, Carin Björngren Cuadra; Ethnic minorities among other minorities: a disfavoured group in Danish society?, Martin Bak Jørgensen and Ruth Emerek; Social assistance for immigrants and refugees in Denmark: a judgment and a prophecy, Ida Elisabeth Koch; Free legal aid in a marginalized area in Denmark, Nina von Hielmcrone; Generational negotiations on young men’s criminality and ethnic hierarchies in Finland, Päivi Honkatukia and Leena Suurpää; Policing and newcomer communities in Canada: policy, training and practice, William Shaffir, Vic Satzewich and Hila Taraky; Integration and the protection of immigrants: Canadian-Nordic comparisons, Patricia Daenzer, Paul Van Aerschot and Tim Rees; Conclusions, Patricia Daenzer and Paul Van Aerschot. Index.