Immigrants’ condition of expulsability: A comparative approach to the German and French legal framework

Aitana Torró Calabuig

doi:10.35295/osls.iisl.2119

Authors

Aitana Torró Calabuig Universitat de València https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0401-068X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl.2119

Keywords:

immigration, expulsion, exceptionality, expulsability, human rights

Abstract

This paper examines recent amendments to French and German immigration law aimed at accelerating and enhancing the expulsion of unwanted immigrants of the territory. The main normative changes resulting from these reforms, entailing an unprecedented retraction of legal safeguards against expulsion and significantly exacerbating immigrant’s condition of expulsability, will be presented in comparative terms, without losing sight of the European dimension. Specifically, these reforms shape immigrant’s expulsable presence on the territory through three aspects: an increase on the precariousness of foreigner status, a reduction of the sphere of freedom needed to lead a dignified life and an expansion of exceptionality that obliges us to reconsider our social contract to include a human-rights based approach to immigration.

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Author Biography

Aitana Torró Calabuig, Universitat de València

Predoctoral researcher in the Department of Philosophy of Law at the University of Valencia and member of the Human Rights Institute of the University of Valencia. Email address: aitana.torro@uv.es

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