This is an open access book. What is the history and current state of play of EU law and policy covering irregularised human mobility? What has been the role and contributions of the 2019-2024 European Commission as regards EU migration policy? This book investigates how migration policies have been problematised at the EU institutional level, in particular by the European Commission. It critically assesses the assumptions lying behind the Commission’s political priorities, agendas and policy outputs. Through the concept of irregularity assemblages, the book examines how EU policy professionals and bureaucracies in the relevant Commission services problematise their respective mandates/portfolios; how they interact with each other and even compete; and how they frame certain forms of human mobility as being an ‘irregular migration problem’ or not. After retracing key historical developments in the framing of irregularised human mobilities at the EU level, the book identifies six policy approaches in the work and structures of the 2019-2024 European Commission. It finds that a home affairs and criminalisation approach that prioritises a law enforcement understanding of cross-border and intra-EU mobility, and pursuing a Ministry of Interior-like agenda, has prevailed. This approach stands at odds with human dignity and other legitimate public policy approaches, such as those giving priority to employment and social inclusion, non-discrimination, and fundamental rights, where the administrative migration status of the individual is not the entry point. The overriding priority driving EU migration policy has been the expulsion, policing and criminalisation of people framed or categorised as ‘irregular migrants’. The analysis shows how Commission has failed to effectively perform its role as guardian of the Treaties and unequivocally enforce and comply with EU Treaty constitutive values, EU law and Better Regulation commitments in migration policies.

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After retracing key historical developments in the framing of irregularised human mobilities at the EU level, the book identifies six policy approaches in the work and structures of the 2019-2024 European Commission.
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Introduction.- EU Policy Irregularising Migration - Background, General Trends, and Guiding Logics.- A Home Affairs Approach.- An Employment and Social Inclusion Approach.- Fundamental Rights and Non-Discrimination Approaches.- An EU Citizenship Approach.- A Criminalisation Approach.- Problematising Irregularised Human Mobility in the Commission.- Conclusions.

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This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access First socio-legal assessment problematizing the European Commission's role in EU migration policies Assesses the assumptions lying behind the European Commission's political priorities Analysis of the history and current state of play of EU law and policy covering irregularised human mobility
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9783031740206
Publisert
2024-12-04
Utgiver
Springer International Publishing AG; Springer International Publishing AG
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
155 mm
Aldersnivå
Research, P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Om bidragsyterne

Sergio Carrera Senior Research Fellow and Head of the Justice and Home Affairs unit at CEPS. His main research interests are on EU justice and home affairs (JHA) law and area of freedom, security, and justice policy, with particular focus on migration, asylum, citizenship, and Schengen policies. His areas of expertise also cover EU criminal justice law and police cooperation and their impact on data protection/privacy and the rights of the defence.

Davide Colombi is Researcher at CEPS.