The Criminalisation of Migration in Europe Challenges for Human Rights and the Rule of Law /

• Main Author: Mitsilegas, Valsamis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Law,
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Human rights.; Criminology.; Emigration and immigration.; European Law.; Migration.; Human Rights.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.

This is the first monograph providing a comprehensive legal analysis of the criminalisation of migration in Europe. The book puts forward a definition of the criminalisation of migration as the three-fold process whereby migration management takes place via the adoption of substantive criminal law,...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Conceptualising the Criminalisation of Migration
• 2. Before Entry: Criminalisation as Prevention
• 3. In the Territory: The Use of Substantive Criminal Law to Regulate the Presence of Migrants
• 4. After Entry: Criminalisation as Risk Management, Detention and Removal
• 5. Decriminalising Migration in EU Law: Upholding Human Rights and the Rule of Law After Lisbon.