Abstract

The chapter treats the issues of migration policies and their influence on migrants’ flows and integration. Policies and legislation concerning the migration relations between Bulgaria and Switzerland in the periods before and after the Bulgarian accession to the EU are explored. The implementation of transitional arrangements, which allow Switzerland to exert regulations over incoming labour migration from Bulgaria, even after the extension of the Swiss-EU bilateral agreements to Bulgaria, have hampered the freedom of movement acquired by Bulgarian citizens. The Swiss popular vote “against mass immigration” of 2014 could alter the policy framework in restrictive terms and influence migration patterns by endangering the overall agreements with the EU.

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