Instruments of British and French Immigration Policy in the 1970s: A Comparative Analysis

This article examines in a comparative perspective the regulations to contain the process of family reunification implemented by the French & British governments in the early 1970s. The comparative analysis highlights how, despite their stemming from different legal systems, these rules repeated...

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Published inContemporary European history Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 71 - 92
Main Author Puzzo, Catherine
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.02.2003
Subjects
Comparative Analysis
France
Great Britain
Immigration Policy
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Summary:This article examines in a comparative perspective the regulations to contain the process of family reunification implemented by the French & British governments in the early 1970s. The comparative analysis highlights how, despite their stemming from different legal systems, these rules repeatedly attempted to deny any right to family reunification, & shows that social & legal definitions aimed at measuring the extent of the family became more than once a source of many difficulties in the admission process. The comparison also allows for an evaluation of the way these controls were administered at points of departure & ports of entry &, more significantly, examines the predominance of governmental & administrative structures to demonstrate how in both cases these rules led to numerous infringements of immigrants' fundamental rights. 1 Table. Adapted from the source document.
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ISSN:0960-7773
DOI:10.1017/S0960777302001042