Abstract
In the European experience, economic migrations have been traditionally regulated according to a complementarity principle among native and migrant labor offer. This kind of approach has been useful in satisfying contingent labor needs; at the same time, it has produced a ‘natural’ segregation of foreign workers in the lower ladders of the professional hierarchy and, the time passing, a condition of structural disadvantage for migrants and their offspring. Besides conflicting with anti discrimination principles on which European civilization is founded, these phenomena constitute, in the current demographic scenario, a crucial challenge for both economic competitiveness and the sustainability of the European social model.
Keywords:
labour market; discrimination; social rights; migration policies