Ciudadanía y migración. ¿Son compatibles?
Ciudadanía y migración. ¿Son compatibles?
Authors
Beca Frei, Juan
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Estudios Constitucionales, Vol. 17, Nº 2, 193-224, 2019
Keywords
Inmigración - Sufragio - Ciudadanía
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Abstract
Los derechos políticos de los migrantes son un tema poco explorado, limitándose el desarrollo legislativo y jurisprudencial al derecho a sufragio, que es sólo un aspecto de los derechos ciudadanos. Existe la tendencia a reconocer este derecho a extranjeros en elecciones de carácter local (con obvias diferencias entre los diversos países), pero no se ha avanzado en su verdadera integración al cuerpo político. Se hace necesario repensar los conceptos de nacionalidad y ciudadanía, como un imperativo para mejorar la calidad de la democracia, respetar los derechos humanos y terminar con legislaciones y políticas discriminatorias. De este modo, se puede aportar a una integración de los migrantes a la comunidad nacional. Para ello, se propone conceder la ciudadanía, separada de la nacionalidad, a inmigrantes que cumplan con ciertos requisitos.
Migrants’ political rights is an issue not well examined; legislation and precedents are limited to the right to vote, which is only one aspect of citizen rights. There is a trend in order to award right to vote to foreigners in local elections (with obvious differences among countries), but no progress has been made towards a true integration to the body politics. It is necessary to rethink concepts of nationality and citizenship, as a way to foster the quality of democracy, respect human rights and put an end to discriminatory legislations and public policies. In this way is possible to contribute towards an integration of migrants to the national community. For doing so, we suggest awarding citizenship, separated from nationality, to immigrants that fulfill given requisites.
Migrants’ political rights is an issue not well examined; legislation and precedents are limited to the right to vote, which is only one aspect of citizen rights. There is a trend in order to award right to vote to foreigners in local elections (with obvious differences among countries), but no progress has been made towards a true integration to the body politics. It is necessary to rethink concepts of nationality and citizenship, as a way to foster the quality of democracy, respect human rights and put an end to discriminatory legislations and public policies. In this way is possible to contribute towards an integration of migrants to the national community. For doing so, we suggest awarding citizenship, separated from nationality, to immigrants that fulfill given requisites.