Securitising Asylum Flows: Deflection, Criminalisation and Challenges for Human Rights

by Valsamis Mitsilegas

Since the past few years, the considerable influx of refugees to the EU has led to a profound reconceptualisation of its immigration control strategy, with emphasis on the co-option of new partners, such as the private sector or third countries, and the prevention of movement through extraterritorial controls. The externalisation of immigration control has also been increasingly linked with the securitisation and criminalisation of asylum, particularly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004396802
• ISBN13: 9789004396807
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Brill Nijhoff
• Length: 350 Pages