Add to ORKGOne of the key problems being faced on Europe’s southern borders is the difficulty in processing asylum decisions at a pace that can keep up with the numbers of new arrivals. As Simon McMahon writes, the establishment of so called ‘hot spot’ reception centres in areas hit by the current crisis has been proposed as a mechanism for quickly identifying valid asylum claims. However he argues that while this approach may have its merits, grey areas exist, with many individuals having their status determined by arbitrary judgements that risk denying them their right to protection
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This article analyses from a socio-legal point of view how the European Union Agenda on Migration is...
While the control of irregular migration and the return of undocumented migrants to their countries ...
When the refugee ‘crisis’ is referred to the focus is usually placed on large and uncontrollable flo...
The recent surge of migrants crossing the Mediterranean in search of protection has presented a majo...
The use of the term ‘refugee crisis’ does already suggest a scenario that apparently, the European U...
This article deals with the modes of (contested) control that are at play at the Mediterranean front...
The issue of migration into Europe has once again generated headlines, following a number of inciden...
During the past year the temporary holding centre for irregular migrants in Lampedusa, Italy's south...
On 15 February the Italian coastguard launched an operation to rescue more than 2,000 migrants who w...
Italy is the main gate of entry for undocumented migration to the EU which seriously stresses local ...
Each year, hundreds of thousands of individuals become asylum applicants as they request protection ...
What can be learned about the European migration crisis by studying it at its margins? Framed by thi...
Images of desperate migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea often encapsulate Italy's rol...
The recent asylum crisis has highlighted the inadequacies of European asylum policies. The existing ...
A decision of a civil court in Rome has reaffirmed the illegality of ‘push-back’ operations under bo...
This article analyses from a socio-legal point of view how the European Union Agenda on Migration is...
While the control of irregular migration and the return of undocumented migrants to their countries ...
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