This contribution examines the impact of two trends in the external dimension of the EU’s migration and asylum policies on the judicial protection of individuals: informalisation on the one hand and operationalisation on the other. The first is exemplified by the EU-Turkey Statement, known as...

Asylum migration is a major societal challenge in the Western world affecting residents' policy preferences. We analyze the effects of newly hosting asylum seekers in a given municipality on local citizens' preferences in terms of migratory and redistributive policies as well as of support or...

In 2015 and 2016, migrant flows into the European Union (EU) surged, with Greece and Italy the main entry points. Many of the migrants applied for international protection in Europe, becoming asylum seekers. This spike in EU asylum seekers, as well as the increasing numbers of those granted...

This paper explores how men and women experience their time waiting for a response to applications for international protection, in asylum seekers' reception centers in Italy and Greece. The experience of waiting in camps can be characterized as one of extended uncertainty, during which women...

This chapter deals with the functioning of ‘mutual trust' as the organising principle of mechanisms of (implicit) mutual recognition in the fields of migration and asylum within the EU Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ), looking both at rights-conferring and rights-restricting...