Irregular Migration in Europe

Anna Triandafyllidou is Senior Research Fellow at the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP), and Chair of Sociology of Migration and Migration Policy, in the Department of Social Administration, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece.

'This book should be considered mandatory for all those wanting the most updated picture of the current situation regarding irregular immigrants in today’s Europe. The authors of this volume have a trustworthy voice based on thorough reviews of the best data available on a process which is usually described in sensational ways, more based on fears than on in-depth research.' Katrine Fangen, EUMARGINS, Norway 'This volume tackles one of the most difficult measurement issues in international migration: illegal migration. This issue is also one of the most politically sensitive ones, as well as one in which the EU and most EU Member States are investing increasing amounts of political and physical capital. Anna Triandafyllidou and the chapter authors have done an enormous service to policymakers, the broader research community, and the informed public by looking at "irregular" migration with sensitivity, unusual rigor, and through a variety of analytical and policy lenses.' Demetrios Papademetriou, President, Migration Policy Institute 'This edition continues a series of well-edited readers on immigration in Europe that Triandafyllidou has produced. This indispensable book sheds ’scientific’ light on the issue of the irregular migration of Third Country Nationals in Europe. The central message revolves around how the status of irregularity is more linked to governmental policy than to actual geographical flows of migrants, thus questioning the myths created around ’increases’ and ’decreases’ of ’illegal immigration’.' Journal of Contemporary European Studies

• 1: Irregular Migration in Europe in the Early 21st Century; 2: EU Irregular Migration Policies; 3: Austria; 4: Czech Republic; 5: Size and Features, Causes and Discourses; 6: Irregular Migration in France; 7: Undocumented Migration in Germany; 8: Hungary; 9: The Quest for La Dolce Vita? Undocumented Migration in Italy; 10: The Netherlands; 11: Poland; 12: Slovakia; 13: Spain; 14: Dichotomized Discourses and Changing Landscapes; 15: Irregular Migration in the European Union