This book develops further ideas and arguments expressed in a number of recent
publications. Chapter 3 is an updated and extended version of V. Mitsilegas,
‘The Changing Landscape of the Criminalisation of Migration in Europe. The
Protective Function of European Union Law’ published in M. Guia, M. Van der
Woude and J. Van der Leun (eds.), Social Control and Justice. Crimmigration in an
Age of Fear, Eleven International Publishing, 2012, pp. 87–114. Parts of Chap. 4
develop further ideas and arguments presented in V. Mitsilegas, ‘Solidarity and Trust
in the Common European Asylum System’ published in Comparative Migration
Studies, vol. 2, 2014, pp. 231–253 and V. Mitsilegas, ‘Immigration Detention, Risk
and Human Rights in the Law of the European Union. Lessons from the Returns
Directive’ to be published in M. Guia, V. Mitsilegas and R. Koulish (eds.),
Immigration Detention, Risk and Human Rights, Springer, forthcoming.
This book is dedicated to my EU Justice and Home Affairs LLM students and to
the group of brilliant Queen Mary Ph.D. candidates currently researching their
theses on migration and criminal law under my supervision. You are inspirational