What to Say to Those Who Stay? Free Movement is a Human Right of Universal Value

Kieran Oberman

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Free movement is under attack, both within Europe and at the frontier. How to defend it? In these comments, I show that there is no need for complex and controversial arguments regarding the superiority of a cosmopolitan identity. The best defence is simpler and, in one important sense, less controversial. We start with a set of basic liberties that are widely recognised and show how free movement is a prerequisite to their realisation. We also note something too often overlooked: freedom of movement is valuable for everyone, including those who never migrate.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDebating European Citizenship
EditorsRainer Bauböck
PublisherSpringer
Chapter28
Pages145-148
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-89905-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-89904-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Nov 2018

Publication series

NameIMISCOE Research Series
PublisherSpringer, Cham

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