Description

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More than a decade has passed since the appearance of the first issue of the European Journal of Migration and Law, which was established to examine the intertwining of issues of law and migration in the EU. This volume has been compiled to celebrate that anniversary. The journal itself is the basis for the book: authors who have written the most significant contributions for the journal on the relevant issues to the Area of Freedom Security and Justice (AFSJ) have revised and updated their articles in light of current developments. These are supplemented with new chapters on issues which have turned out to be particularly important to the development of the field. The success of the journal has demonstrated the need for informed, independent academic research on the changing nature of immigration and asylum in Europe, and this volume too seeks to meet that need. It offers a unqiue and lively collection of essays covering the field of EU immigration and asylum law from a variety of perspectives.

About the Author

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Elspeth Guild is Professor of European migration law at the Radboud University Nijmegen (The Netherlands). In 2009 she has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair ad personam at the Radboud University Nijmegen. She is also Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels and a partner at the London law firm Kingsley Napley. She is a Visiting Professor at the LSE London and teaches in the Department of War Studies at Kings College London. In 2008 she was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by Lund University in recognition of her work in the area of migration. Prof. Guild is the author of numerous books and articles on the development of the EU, particularly in the area of justice and home affairs and the creation of an area of freedom, security and justice. Her latest monograph is Security and Migration in the 21st Century (Blackwell Publishers, 2009).Paul Minderhoud is Associate Professor at the Centre for Migration Law of the Radboud University Nijmegen. His doctoral thesis is a socio-legal study into the differences between immigrants and native citizens in the implementation of the child benefits and disability insurance legislation in the Netherlands: "Voor mij zijn ze allemaal gelijk" (Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers 1993). His main research interests are the legal and socio-legal aspects of immigration and social security. He is project director of the European Network on Free Movement of Workers and co-editor of the European Journal of Migration and Law.