ABSTRACT
This chapter proposes to study the case of people who move within the EU, more precisely the case of those called 'migrant workers' by the Social Security Agency. It analyses the conditions of transfer of their social rights, in the context of a continuously changing social Europe. In 1958, the member states signed the Treaty of Rome which envisaged the creation of a common market in order to facilitate and increase trade and commerce between member countries. In some member states, a number of practices make the situation of migrant workers difficult; they are the victims of red tape, through no fault of their own. The Commission and the European Parliament adopted different proposals and resolutions in July 1998 to facilitate the free circulation of citizens and to facilitate access to social security benefits. The unemployed who are paid unemployment benefits are eligible for family allowances in the same way as workers.
