The participation of foreign nationals in European labour markets is an effective tool that facilitates those migrants enjoying a more fulfilling life, while at the same time contributing to Europe’s wealth and economic and social development. However, many norms that regulate migration and labour migration undermine this spirit by limiting, both directly and indirectly, non-EU nationals’ access to European labour markets.

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This intellectual project owes a great debt to all the people in South Africa that have agreed to spend their time with us, being interviewed, explaining their points of view, sharing with us their thoughts, their hopes and their fears for the future. Without their crucial contribution our intellectual hypothesis would have remained nothing but theoretical speculations. In particular, we want to thank again the School of Social Sciences of the University of the Witwatersrand for having welcomed once again Dr Veronica Federico, and having provided her with the logistic support she needed in order to carry out her field work researches. There, Veronica has benefited a lot from the interaction with colleagues and students, as well as from the active participation in the School's activities. As we will mention in the Introduction, the research project underlying the study presented here is co-financed by the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) and the University of Florence. The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USIP. Our gratitude goes first to Dr Judy Barsalou, USIP program officer responsible for the project, who has followed the research since its very beginning. Our thanks are also due to the Department of Public Law of the University of Florence for having hosted the project and supported it with its efficient administrative staff. In particular, we thank Fabrizio Parissi for his precious contribution in the final paging of the volume.

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