Abstract
Immigration is not just a question of population movements. It is a much more complex phenomenon, upsetting the political and social order of modern states, and producing sometimes extreme and often contradictory reactions (Castles 2009). Paradoxically, in times of globalization, the defense of borders has become one of the main symbols of national sovereignty. Precisely in this sense, migration policies have been defined as “the last major redoubt” of unfettered national sovereignty (Opeskin 2012). Once seen as an eminently economic issue, immigration has now become a political matter. Not by chance, its governance is a key issue today in governmental agendas and parliamentary discussions.
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Cara is the Italian acronym for “Centro di Accoglienza per i Richiedenti Asilo”, i.e., “hosting center for asylum seekers”.
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Between April 2016 and February 2017, the research has been conducted in the context of the “Idea-Azione” research program (III edizione 2016–2017), promoted by the Institute of Political Formation “Pedro Arrupe” and funded by the Tokyo Foundation. Resorting to a “non-standard” approach (Marradi 2007), the research aimed to shed light on the effects on social relations and employment dynamics triggered at the local level by the presence of the Cara of Mineo. The research was based on in-depth and informal interviews with a heterogeneous group of 89 key informants (asylum seekers, farm workers—both locals and migrants—trade unions representatives, lawyers, small landowners, representatives of the institutions, managers of the Cara of Mineo, social workers, citizens of Mineo, etc.), selected through “theoretical sampling” (Silverman 2000).
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Sicilian for “Americans”; the singular form is “miricanu”.
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Sicilian for “black”; the plural form is “nivuri”.
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This is an important innovation introduced by the legislative decree 142/2015, establishing new rules for international protection in Italy, and overcoming the previous legal constraint that entitled asylum seekers to work authorization only six months after registration of their asylum application, provided that the process was not previously interrupted for reasons outside their control.
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Castronovo, A.E. (2018). The Local Effects of International Migration in Sicily: The Case Study of the Cara of Mineo. In: Caselli, M., Gilardoni, G. (eds) Globalization, Supranational Dynamics and Local Experiences . Europe in a Global Context. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64075-4_11
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