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Book SynopsisThis timely book assesses national and supranational bilateral approaches to dealing with the rising tide of migration into the European Union via the Mediterranean Sea. International law and EU migration law specialists critically assess the legal tools adopted to engage with the 'refugee crisis'. While the EU works to develop a unified approach to Mediterranean transit and origin countries, the authors argue that a crucial role should be accorded to individual states in finding a solution to this complex and sensitive situation.
Historical and political factors playing into migration strategies are discussed, and the legal framework underpinning the bilateral and regional schemes on which the northern and southern shores of the Mediterranean seek to cooperate on migration is also examined. Migration-related issues, such as search and rescue at sea, human rights and policing are explored throughout the book. Comparing the bilateral arrangements Southern EU Member States have made with the Mediterranean countries of origin and the regional bilateralism conducted by the EU, expert authors assess how best to achieve a coherent model.
This will be an essential read for academics and scholars in international and European migration law, environmental politics and policy; practitioners and policymakers working on migration issues, and NGOs.
Contributors include: C. Billet, M. Borraccetti, G. Borzoni, F. Casolari, M. Di Filippo, M. Gatti, I. González García, F. Ippolito, K.D. Magliveras, A. Ott, M. Ovádek, E. Papastavridis, I. Sammut, F. Seatzu, P. Van Elsuwege, J. Wouters, V. Zvezda
Trade Review‘By incorporating case studies from different countries and on different levels, this book provides a comprehensive overview over issues of migration in the Mediterranean. This comparative approach and broad perspective is a significant strength of this publication, and it allows the anthology to pinpoint central issues of migration in the Mediterranean.’ -- Lara Wilhelmine Hoffmann, Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Table of ContentsContents: Preface Marc Maresceau Introduction and acknowledgments Gianluca Borzoni, Federico Casolari and Francesca Ippolito Part I The national dimension of LEGAL bilateralism IN THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA 1 Immigration in Spain: Migratory routes, cooperation with third countries and human rights in return procedures Immaculada González García 2 The national dimension of the legal bilateralism in migration domain – The case of Greece Konstantinos Magliveras 3 A tug of war between rights and obligations – The case of migration from Malta’s perspective Ivan Sammut 4 Bilateral relations between France and its Mediterranean partners Carole Billet 5 The Italian job: Migration and bilateral relations with Southern Mediterranean countries Marco Borraccetti PART II SUPRANATIONAL FORMS OF LEGAL BILATERALISM IN MIGRATION LAW 6 Bilateral cooperation between the European Union and Mediterranean countries: An introduction to the institutional framework and key issues Jan Wouters and Michal Ovádek 7 The gendarmes of Europe. Southern Mediterranean States and the EU’s partnership framework on Migration Mauro Gatti 8 Migration and mobility in the EU’s Eastern neighbourhood: Mapping out the legal and political framework Peter Van Elsuwege and Zvezda Vankova 9 EU-Turkey cooperation in migration matters: A game changer in a multi-layered relationship? Andrea Ott PART III HORIZONTAL ISSUES IN MIGRATION MANAGEMENT 10 The unbearable ‘lightness’ of soft law: On the European Union’s recourse to informal instruments in the fight against illegal immigration Federico Casolari 11 Search and rescue at sea: Shared responsibilities in the Mediterranean Sea Efthymios Papastavridis 12 Kissing awake a sleeping beauty? The negotiation process for a Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area Francesco Seatzu 13 The rhetoric of human rights in EU external relation in the Mediterranean Francesca Ippolito 14 Fighting irregular forms of migration: The poisonous fruits of the securitarian approach to cooperation with Mediterranean countries Marcello Di Filippo Index
