Given the acute sensitivity in the Brexit negotiations of the status of EU citizens living in the UK, it is essential that all parties at the table sing from the same song sheet.While the British Government is seeking to negotiate a good deal for British citizens in the EU-27 and, on the basis...

On 5 January 2007, Elspeth Guild was invited by the European Commission Select Committee of the UK House of Lords to submit written evidence to assist that body in its scrutiny of the European Commission's annual legislative and work program. This Policy Brief reproduces her submission in...

Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, the US authorities decided to collect and retain data on individuals coming to the US by air as a measure intended to increase US security. This act, however, which came into force in May 2004, was found to provide inadequate protection of personal...

This paper examines the proposal to incorporate parts of the Prem Treaty into EU law. Particular attention is paid to the issues that were highlighted as problematic in an earlier assessment of the treaty when it first come into operation and comment on how they have been dealt with (see also...

This paper examines how the refugee protection obligations of European countries have been affected by increasing integration and enlargement of the European Union. The creation of an EU area without internal border controls for the movement of persons has had a profound effect on the way in...

The enlargement of the EU to include the ten new member states in Central and Eastern Europe and the two Mediterranean islands on 1 May 2004 and Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007 was the result of a tremendous effort to reconfigure not only the frontiers of Europe, but also the concept of...