Regular migrants' integration between European law and national legal orders: a key condition for individual and social development

The chapter analyses the relationship between regular migrants' integration and economic and social development, in light of EU migration law and policies. A specific attention is paid to integration conditions, which is aimed at providing the migrants tools necessary to be actively in the economic and political life of the hosting Member State. Both EU secondary law and national legislations provide for various forms of integration conditionality. The failure to fulfill the integration requirements imposed at national level may result in a restriction of the rights provided by EU law. However, such conditions must respect the general principles of the EU legal order, principle of equality and principle of proportionality in primis. In fact, integration conditionality measures must favour social inclusion rather than selecting migrants deserving a chance.