While certain fundamental social rights are available only to persons lawfully residing in a country, irregular migrants have no legal status and therefore face a lot of barriers in accessing these rights.
Objectives
• To examine key aspects of the situation of irregular migrants in the European Union including seven research areas: (1) health; (2) housing; (3) education; (4) social care; (5) employment status; (6) fair working conditions and (7) access to remedies against violations and abuse
• To assess the extent to which their fundamental rights are respected and protected in the corresponding research areas.
• To provide policymakers with evidence based knowledge suggesting measures for the protection of the fundamental rights of irregular migrants.
• To give practitioners practical tools to promote the rights of irregular migrants.
Outcomes
• Comparative report on the fundamental rights situation of irregular migrants in the EU Member States
• Comprehensive survey of existing research based on legal and policy analysis and on data gathered through questionnaires addressed to public authorities and civil society stakeholders
• Thematic paper on practices used by EU Member States to deal with limbo situations affecting non-removable irregular migrants
• Thematic paper on practices used by EU Member States to detect irregular migrants, which de facto prevent their exercise of fundamental rights
• Thematic paper on selected best practice examples regarding legislation, administrative practices, measures and actions by public authorities or civil society in selected non-EU Member States
2 case studies based on empirical research in 10 EU Member States
• Case study on health care in BE, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, IT, HU, PL, SE
• Case study on irregular migrants employed as domestic workers in BE, DE, IE, EL, ES, FR, IT, HU, PL, SE
Project duration: December 2009 - March 2011
Funding: Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA)
Project Coordination: Albert Kraler (ICMPD)
Project partners: The Platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants (PICUM), Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), The Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP)