EU Justice and Home Affairs Law: Volume I: EU Immigration and Asylum Law
Steve Peers
Abstract
This book contains Volume I of a text that examines in detail the EU legislation and case law on the issues of immigration, asylum, visas, and border controls, discussing the impact and ongoing development of EU law in these complex and controversial areas. This updated edition particularly covers new EU legislation, case law, and operational developments since 2010 on: internal border checks; external border controls; visa lists; litigation to obtain a visa; the Schengen Information System; the Visa Information System; family reunion; non-EU students; long-term residents; all aspects of refug ... More
This book contains Volume I of a text that examines in detail the EU legislation and case law on the issues of immigration, asylum, visas, and border controls, discussing the impact and ongoing development of EU law in these complex and controversial areas. This updated edition particularly covers new EU legislation, case law, and operational developments since 2010 on: internal border checks; external border controls; visa lists; litigation to obtain a visa; the Schengen Information System; the Visa Information System; family reunion; non-EU students; long-term residents; all aspects of refugee law (including the definition of ‘refugee’ and subsidiarity protection, the rights of asylum-seekers, and Member States’ responsibility for asylum-seekers); and irregular migrants’ rights. It also covers the institutional framework for these issues, the related human rights aspects, and the connections with other areas of EU law, like the free movement of EU citizens. This text on the Justice and Home Affairs law of the European Union appears in its fourth edition is in two separate volumes covering asylum and immigration law, and criminal law, policing, and civil law. It provides a detailed examination of EU legislation and case law on the issues of immigration, asylum, visas, border controls, and police and criminal law cooperation, discussing the impact and ongoing development of EU law.
Keywords:
EU legislation,
immigration,
asylum,
border controls,
visa lists,
asylum-seekers,
EU law,
human rights
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2016 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780198776833 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: August 2016 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198776833.001.0001 |
