Lawless Borders: The Rule of Law Deficit in Immigration Control

by Valsamis Mitsilegas, Elspeth Guild, Niovi Vavoula

Immigration control in the West has increasingly focused on preventing migrants from reaching the external border and the territory of states. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving preventive immigration control system and highlights the many ways in which contemporary border controls undermine the rule of law.

By examining border control practices at the state and European levels (including by EU agencies and through the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1529237785
• ISBN13: 9781529237788
• Release Date: July 2025
• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Length: 176 Pages