Description:
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 use of AI), the book explores how these measures affect the rule of law across different areas, including extraterritorial immigration control, control of the external borders and the digitalization of border control.
This is an essential resource, presenting a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of today's border management challenges.
Brief description: Valsamis Mitsilegas is Dean of the School of Law and Social Justice and Professor of European and Global Law at the University of Liverpool.
Review Quotes: "This book presents a brilliant synthesis of the logic of preventative border controls and their impact on the rule of law. Clear, concise and full of crucial legal references, it will also be central for anyone who wants to understand what is going on at the borders and beyond." Didier Bigo, Sciences-Po Paris-CERI and King's College London