Migration Law and Issues in Sports

The international migration of athletes has become an essential feature sports competition. These days foreign travel is often the name game. purposes and duration such range from participation in single events to long-term, even permanent relocation involving professional transfers. Each purpose or may generate a different body law regulations. Varying national visa, residence other requirements for territorial entry noncitizens are course essential. Regional, especially European Union also be foundational as it was, example, defeating practice within EU transfer payments between clubs member states that impeded freedom movement. Also applicable law, notably several institutions Olympic Movement insofar one very few NGOs vested with legal personality. Supporting authority extending beyond bilateral treaties friendship cooperation. More broadly, human rights applies, particularly reinforcing free political discrimination against their