(Non-)Moderating the Migration and Mobility of EU Citizens: A Literature Review

Abstract

This article presents a systematic literature review of 84 English-language publications which analysed findings concerning how institutions addressed and moderated different patterns and challenges of migration and mobility within the European right of free movement zone. The synopsis of the publications shows the ignorance of many institutions towards migrating and mobile EU citizens, due to conflicts of interest and the dismissal of responsibilities. The lack of coordination between political levels and the missing implementation of equal rights have exclusionary effects for vulnerable groups and show ambivalences of the European integration process.

Keywords

• intra-eu migration
• freedom of movement
• institutional action
• multi-level governance
• european integration
• labour mobility
• social inclusion