THE EVOLUTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATIONSYSTEM

摘要

THIS PAPER INVESTIGATES THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION SYSTEM AND HOW ITCHANGED IN THE LAST YEARS. THE CONCEPT OF THE MIGRATION SYSTEM, FIRST POPULARIZED IN THE1970S, HAS REMAINED A STAPLE COMPONENT OF ANY REVIEW OF MIGRATION THEORY. AFTER ATHEORETICAL BASE, THE PAPER ANALYZES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION FIRST IN EUROPE IN GENERAL,THEN AS A SPECIFIC CASE STUDY, IN ITALY AFTER THE LAW “BOSSI-FINI” OF 2002.THE DEBATE ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN ITALY, CHARACTERIZED BY STRONG POSITIONS, BASEDMORE ON EMOTIONALITY AND IDEOLOGICAL POSITIONS THAN ON STATISTICAL DATA, WAS ALSOAMPLIFIED BY THE "SPECTACULARIZATION" OF THE LANDINGS, ALTHOUGH A CAREFUL EXAMINATIONOF THE DATA LEADS TO HIGHLIGHTING WHEREAS ILLEGAL SMUGGLING BY SEA ACCOUNTS FORAROUND 10% OF THE PHENOMENON OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.THE RESEARCH AIMS TO RETRACE THE HISTORICAL EVOLUTION OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND OFNATIONAL LAWS COMPETENCES IN THE FIELD OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IN GENERAL, BY LOOKINGCLOSER AT THE ITALIAN CASE.