REGINE is a research project on regularisation practices in the European Union. The aim of the project is to provide a thorough mapping of practices relating to the regularisation of third country nationals illegally resident in EU Member States. Two additional non-EU countries – Switzerland and the US – will also be covered to gain insights in regularisation practices and the impact of regularisations elsewhere. In examining regularisation practices, the project also investigates the relationship of regularisation policies to the overall migration policy framework, including to protection issues and refugee policies. Moreover, the project examines the political position of different stakeholders towards regularisation policies on the national level. Finally, the project examines potential options for policies on regularisation on the European level, incorporating Member States as well as other stakeholders’ views on possible instruments on the European level.
In addition to drawing on existing studies of regularisations as well as a range of grey literature, data for this project has been gathered through a questionnaire addressed to EU Member States and additional questionnaires addressed to NGOs and Trade Unions.
Duration: December 2007 - July 2008
Funded by: European Commission, Directorate General for Justice, Freedom and Security
Project coordinator: Albert Kraler and Martin Baldwin-Edwards
Policy Brief
» ICMPD (2009): REGINE Regularisations in Europe. A study on pracitices in the area of regularisation of illegally staying third-country nationals in the Member States of the European Union. Policy Brief. ICMPD
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» ICMPD (2009): REGINE Régularisations en Europe. Étude concernant les pratiques de régularisation des ressortissants de pays tiers en séjour irrégulier en vigueur dans les États membres de l’Union européenne. Résumé de recherche. ICMPD
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» ICMPD (2009): REGINE - Regularisierungen in Europa. Studie zu Bleiberechtsregelungen für irregulär aufhältige Drittstaatsangehörige in der EU. Studienzusammenfassung. ICMPD
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» ICMPD (2010): REGINE - Regularizaciones en Europa. Un estudio sobre las prácticas de regularización de nacionales de terceros países que residen de forma ilegal en los Estados Miembros de la Unión Europea. ICMPD
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REGINE Book
» Martin Baldwin-Edwards & Albert Kraler (eds.) (2009) : REGINE. Regularisations in Europe. Amsterdam: Pallas Publications. 576 pages. isbn 978 90 8555 008 2. The book can be ordered from Amsterdam University Press under this link
Erratum Table 2: Regularisation programmes in the EU (27), 1996-2008 on page 37
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The contents of the book has also been released online in four volumes:
Comparative Report
» Martin Baldwin-Edwards & Albert Kraler (2009): REGINE Regularisations in Europe. Study on practices in the area of regularisation of illegally staying third-country nationals in the Member States of the EU. Vienna: ICMPD.
Download the report on the European Commission website
The report is also available in Russian:
Download the Russian version from the Söderkoping Process website.
Country Studies and Country Profiles
» Martin Baldwin-Edwards & Albert Kraler (2009) (eds): REGINE Regularisations in Europe. Study on practices in the area of regularisation of illegally staying third-country nationals in the Member States of the EU. Appendix A: Country Studies. Vienna: ICMPD.
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» Martin Baldwin-Edwards & Albert Kraler (2009) (eds): REGINE Regularisations in Europe. Study on practices in the area of regularisation of illegally staying third-country nationals in the Member States of the EU. Appendix B: Country Profiles of 22 EU Member States and the USA. Vienna: ICMPD.
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Statistical Annex
» Martin Baldwin-Edwards & Albert Kraler (2009): REGINE Regularisations in Europe. Study on practices in the area of regularisation of illegally staying third-country nationals in the Member States of the EU. Appendix C - Statistical Annex.
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Related Publications
» Albert Kraler (2009): Regularisation: A misguided option or part and parcel of a comprehensive policy response to irregular migration? IMISCOE Working Paper Nr.24. Download the paper
Related Presentations
» Albert Kraler (2009): Regularisation practices in the European Union. Results of a recent study (REGINE study). Matinée d'études: 'Politiques des régularisation. Quelles perspectives en Belgique et en Europe?', Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 9 December
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» Albert Kraler (2009): Arbeitsmarkteffekte von Regularisierungsmaßnahmen. Sind Regularisierung geeignete Maßnahmen der Arbeitsmarktpolitik? FORBA Fachgespräche zur Arbeitsforschung 3/2009: Irreguläre Beschäftigung von MigrantInnen – Charakteristika und Herausforderungen, FORBA, Wien, 3. März 2009.
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» Albert Kraler (2008): Regularisation Practices in the European Union. Patterns, Issues and Possible Policy Options. ICMPD Workshop – The Future of Regularisations in Europe. 13th International Metropolis Conference, Bonn, 27-31 October 2008. Download the presentation