Abstract

VESTRI, Gabriele. Immigration and Foreigners: Road to the Amsterdam's Treaty. Bol. Mex. Der. Comp. [online]. 2012, vol.45, n.134, pp.689-714. ISSN 2448-4873.

Considering the recent political changes and the democratic challenge in the arab world, and not only, there is an increasing evidence of debating about the migration patterns affecting countries of Southern Europe. If from a geographical point of view, Spain and Italy, have become gateways to Europe for migrants from across Africa, on the other, all Member States of the European Union must become aware of the migration's problem having a common approach, for dealing with the major problem of immigrants. This article attempts to build the aim of the process leading to the Amsterdam's Treaty. The principal concepts of that process could represent the basis of a new political phase in migration field.

Keywords : European Union; Maastricht's Treaty; Amsterdam's Treaty; inmigration; security.