Political impediments to the resumption of labour migration to Western Europe
- 1 January 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in West European Politics
- Vol. 13 (1) , 31-46
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01402389008424778
Abstract
This article argues that traditional, labour migration flows to Western Europe are unlikely to resume in the near future and the commitment of the European Community to the free movement of labour is likely to erode as a consequence of anti‐immigrant illiberalism in Western Europe. Anti‐immigrant illiberalism in several, major labour‐importing states is evident in: the semipermanent politicisation of state immigration policy; increasing popular support for xenophobic political forces; the appropriation of anti‐immigrant votes by established political parties of the right; and the abandonment by left‐wing parties of liberal immigration and immigrant‐welfare policies.Keywords
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