Whose Freedom, Security and Justice?: EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy (Essays in European Law)

Half Title Page......Page 1
Title Page......Page 3
Title verso......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
Contents......Page 11
List of Contributors......Page 13
List of Key Legislative and Policy Documents......Page 19
From Amsterdam and Tampere to The Hague: An Overview of Five Years of EC Immigration and Asylum Law......Page 33
Part I. Constitutional Issues in EU Migration Law......Page 55
INTRODUCTION......Page 57
FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS IN THE EU—FROM IMMIGRANTS TO CITIZENS IN EU LAW?......Page 59
OBSTACLES TO FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS: CONCLUSIONS FROM THE JURISPRUDENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE......Page 65
FREE MOVEMENT WHERE? THE EXTERNAL BORDER AND THE INTERNAL BORDER......Page 73
CONCLUSIONS......Page 85
INTRODUCTION......Page 89
EFFECTIVE REMEDIES FOR EU CITIZENS, FAMILY MEMBERS AND TURKISH WORKERS: FROM DIRECTIVE 64/221 TO DIRECTIVE 2004/38......Page 91
LEGAL REMEDIES IN IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM LAW BASED ON TITLE IV OF THE EC TREATY......Page 95
THE FIRST PRINCIPLE: PROTECTION OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS......Page 101
THE SECOND PRINCIPLE: EFFECTIVE REMEDIES TO SECURE RIGHTS CONFERRED BY EU LAW......Page 106
CONCLUSIONS......Page 115
INTRODUCTION......Page 117
THE CURRENT JUDICIAL FRAMEWORK......Page 118
CONCLUSIONS......Page 140
INTRODUCTION......Page 141
THE EU’S INTEGRATED IMPACT ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE......Page 144
IMPACT ASSESSMENTS IN EU MIGRATION LAW......Page 159
SOME FURTHER OBSERVATIONS......Page 173
CONCLUSION......Page 179
Part II. Access to Asylum and Refuge Protection......Page 181
INTRODUCTION......Page 183
ASYLUM PROCEDURES IN CONTEXT......Page 185
INTRODUCING THE PROCEDURES DIRECTIVE......Page 190
THE QUALIFICATION DIRECTIVE AND EVIDENTIAL ASSESSMENT......Page 198
MINIMUM STANDARDS LEGISLATION AND THREE SOURCES OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND FAIR PROCEDURES......Page 202
THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES IN ACTION......Page 212
FUTURE DIRECTIONS—CONVERGENCE OR FRAGMENTATION?......Page 221
CONCLUSIONS......Page 224
INTRODUCTION......Page 227
RECEPTION CONDITIONS AND THE EUROPEAN UNION......Page 232
PROPOSING AND NEGOTIATING THE DIRECTIVE......Page 233
ANALYSIS OF DIRECTIVE 2003/9......Page 238
CONCLUSION: PROTECTING DIGNITY?......Page 258
INTRODUCTION......Page 261
THE DIRECTIVE’S REFUGEE AND HUMAN RIGHTS LAW FRAMEWORK......Page 263
THE RIGHT TO BE GRANTED ASYLUM FOR REFUGEES AND OTHER PERSONS IN NEED OF PROTECTION......Page 268
SCOPE OF THE RIGHT TO BE GRANTED ASYLUM......Page 271
SECURITY GROUNDS AS LIMITATIONS ON THE RIGHT TO ASYLUM: EXCLUSION AND NON-REFOULEMENT......Page 277
EFFECTIVE EXERCISE OF THE RIGHTS ATTACHED TO PROTECTION STATUS......Page 291
CONCLUSIONS......Page 293
THE DUBLIN CONVENTION AND REGULATION: THE RULES ALLOCATING RESPONSIBILITY......Page 297
APPLICANTS’ CHOICE, MEMBER STATES’ BENEFITS......Page 298
DETERRING MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS......Page 301
THE JURISPRUDENTIAL STATUS OF THE CONVENTION AND THE REGULATION......Page 302
CONCLUSIONS......Page 307
INTRODUCTION......Page 309
DEVELOPING AN EXTERNAL MIGRATION POLICY......Page 310
PROTECTION IN THE REGION......Page 315
THE EU NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY......Page 324
CONCLUSION......Page 329
Part III. Borders and the Enforcement of Migration Control......Page 331
INTRODUCTION......Page 333
BACKGROUND......Page 334
TERMINOLOGY......Page 337
LEGALLY BINDING MEASURES: EXTERNAL BORDERS, VISAS AND IRREGULAR MIGRATION......Page 338
OTHER MEASURES: RECEPTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS......Page 364
CONCLUSION: THE NEED FOR A RIGHTS-BASED APPROACH......Page 366
INTRODUCTION......Page 369
LEGAL CONSTRAINTS PLACED ON RETURNS......Page 370
EARLIER EU INITIATIVES TO FACILITATE RETURNS......Page 373
TOWARDS A COMMUNITY RETURN POLICY......Page 376
CONCLUSION......Page 388
THE RECONCEPTUALISATION OF BORDERS AND SECURITY IN THE EU......Page 391
THE EUROPEAN BORDER AGENCY......Page 395
THE COLLECTION AND EXCHANGE OF PASSENGER DATA......Page 408
THE ‘DEEPENING’ AND ‘WIDENING’ OF DATABASES AND THEIR INTEROPERABILITY......Page 418
CONCLUSION......Page 424
INTRODUCTION......Page 427
INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE DETENTION OF ASYLUM SEEKERS......Page 428
GENERAL PRINICIPLES OF EU LAW AND ASYLUM DETENTION......Page 439
EU LEGISLATION ON DETENTION: AN UNSATISFACTORY PICTURE......Page 450
CONCLUSIONS......Page 457
Part IV. Managing Legal Migration......Page 459
INTRODUCTION......Page 461
FROM NGO INITIATIVES, COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND EU THIRD PILLAR SOFT LAW TO HARD COMMUNITY LAW......Page 463
THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF THE DIRECTIVE......Page 465
WHAT ARE THE POSITIVE EFFECTS OF THE DIRECTIVE?......Page 471
TWO ACHILLES’ HEELS OF THE DIRECTIVE: INTEGRATION CONDITIONS AND ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT......Page 474
CONCLUSIONS......Page 480
INTRODUCTION......Page 483
WHO BENEFITS FROM THE DIRECTIVE?......Page 488
APPLYING FOR FAMILY REUNIFICATION......Page 503
WITHHOLDING OR REVOKING PERMISSION......Page 513
JUDICIAL REVIEW......Page 517
CONCLUSIONS......Page 519
INTRODUCTION......Page 521
WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION?......Page 522
ADMISSION FOR EMPLOYMENT......Page 528
THE RIGHTS OF MIGRANT WORKERS......Page 535
CONCLUSION......Page 546
INTRODUCTION......Page 549
TRANSITIONAL PERIODS IN PREVIOUS ACCESSIONS......Page 550
THE NEW TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS......Page 551
APPLYING NATIONAL RULES: THE UNITED KINGDOM’S WORKER REGISTRATION SCHEME......Page 553
SERVICE PROVISION: STILL AN ELUSIVE REALITY?......Page 555
CITIZENSHIP......Page 556
ENLARGEMENT AND SCHENGEN—INSIDERS AND OUTSIDERS......Page 558
Index......Page 561