INTEGRATION OF FOREIGNERS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION: NATIONAL STATES AND CITIZENSHIP

Lulzim MEHMEDI, Gzim XHAMBAZI, Makfirete AMETI

Abstract

Constituting nation-states in Europe carried along several ambiguities about the status of people who belong to another ethnicity.Nowadays, when referring to democratic EU member states, the ethnic definition remains a fundamental indicator of theadministrative and political rights of its inhabitants. Most of these countries are governed and ruled by right-wing governments,therefore we find duality in defining their citizens. Linking between the state and nationals is reciprocal in many segments, butthere is a mutual imbalance between nationals within involvement in politics and decision-making, although some foreignersalready have been equipped with the citizenship act of the state where they work. This finding is a clear indication of a violationof freedoms and human rights, even human dignity as an undeniable right guaranteed by all international conventions.

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