ABSTRACT
It is estimated that over 17 million people (5 per cent) in the European Community are of non-European origin. Due to the age structure of migrant populations in Europe, over 9 million of these people are under the age of 30; and due to changing immigration rules, a sizeable proportion of these young people were born in Europe. In many countries, throughout Europe, many of these young people of non-European origin would like to exercise the same rights of citizenship as their counterparts of ‘European origin’ but are prevented from doing so due to structural and more direct forms of discrimination and racism.
