Between local autonomy and national migration policy: Dealing with 'foreigners' in Antwerp and Brussels, 1750-1914. University of Antwerp
This project aims to investigate the role of local authorities in the development of national migration policies during the period 1750-1914 by uncovering continuities and changes as well as similarities and differences in the treatment of non-national migrants in two distinct Belgian urban contexts - Antwerp and Brussels - in a comparative and long-term perspective.