Essential, Invisible, Discriminated and Exchangeable. Labour Migrants in the EU.

Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2024-04

Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Research Paper No. 2024-02

22 Pages Posted: 24 Jan 2024

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Annette Schrauwen

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Law

Date Written: January 23, 2024

Abstract

This paper aims to lay bare the contradictions between on the one hand the technocratic discourse of the EU praising the contribution of migrant workers to the economy of receiving countries and on the other hand the discriminatory impact of law and policy in the field of free movement and immigration. Drawing from Luca Mavelli’s concept of neoliberal citizenship, it submits that both free movement law and EU immigration law are connected to a broader transformative framework of neoliberal political economy where rationalities of value exclude, dispose or sacrifice those with low economic or emotional value of receiving countries.

Keywords: migrant workers, EU free movement law, EU immigration law, neoliberal rationalities, labour exploitation

JEL Classification: K37, K31

Suggested Citation

Schrauwen, A. A. M., Essential, Invisible, Discriminated and Exchangeable. Labour Migrants in the EU. (January 23, 2024). Amsterdam Law School Research Paper No. 2024-04, Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance Research Paper No. 2024-02, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4703877 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4703877

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