Description:
This book offers a contemporary understanding of the state of the art of 'crimmigration' with a focus on the European Union and challenges this paradigm of intersecting criminal justice and immigration control. It outlines how criminalisation of migration leads to the emergence of hostile environments for migrants and those who assist them.
Review Quotes:
This outstanding edited volume, gathering contributions from top specialists, brings EU migration law and EU criminal law in conversation with each other, delivering a thorough and topical exploration of the (ab)uses of criminal justice mechanisms for migration enforcement purposes, combining legal-doctrinal, theoretical, and socio-legal insights. It makes a critical contribution to ongoing debates, pushing the limits of "crimmigration" research in key ways that will remain influential for years to come.
Violeta Moreno-Lax, Professor, ICREA-Universitat de Barcelona & Queen Mary University of London
This insightful and thought-provoking edited volume critically examines the intersection of criminal justice and immigration control in the EU. Offering a compelling analysis of crimmigration, it highlights its profound legal, ethical, and human rights implications. A must-read for scholars, policymakers, and anyone concerned with justice, migration, and fundamental rights.
Anne Weyembergh, Professor and Vice-Rector of Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) for External Relations and Development Cooperation
In many parts of the world, not least in the European Union, criminal law is increasingly used as an additional tool to regulate and govern migration. The contributors to this volume explore the many facets of this policy development and offer a cogently critical account from an interdisciplinary perspective.
Bruno De Witte, Professor of European Law, Maastricht University