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Immigrant regularisation politics during COVID-19: advocacy coalitions and governments’ incentives in Italy and Spain

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  • Roberta Perna
  • María Puig Batalla

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The COVID-19 pandemic brought the issue of immigrant irregularity to the public fore, exposing undocumented migrants’ vulnerabilities and the reliance of supply chains on their ‘essential work’. While pro-regularisation instances emerged in several countries, governments responded differently to them. Delving into the political determinants of immigrant regularisation programmes, the article compares the cases of Italy and Spain, traditionally considered as ‘hallmarks’ of the ‘Southern European immigration model’. The findings suggest that the types of actors that mobilised and the arguments they invoked, and governments’ opportunities and constraints in the national and supranational arena were central to explain why Italy approved a collective regularisation and Spain did not.

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  • Roberta Perna & María Puig Batalla, 2023. "Immigrant regularisation politics during COVID-19: advocacy coalitions and governments’ incentives in Italy and Spain," South European Society and Politics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(4), pages 415-438, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:fsesxx:v:28:y:2023:i:4:p:415-438
    DOI: 10.1080/13608746.2024.2354007
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