Controlling Immigration Through Criminal Law

Gian Luigi Gatta is Professor of Criminal Law, Università degli Studi di Milano. Valsamis Mitsilegas is Professor of European Criminal Law and Global Security, Queen Mary University of London.Stefano Zirulia is Assistant Professor of Criminal Law, Università degli Studi di Milano.

The chapters are carefully selected and take up the topic in a very detailed manner. They are well connected and well-tuned, without being overly repetitive. Instead, the reader gains an insightful understanding of international, European, and national legislation at the intersection of criminal and migration law.

• Introduction Gian Luigi Gatta, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary University ofLondon, UK and Stefano Zirulia, Universita degli Studi di Milano, ItalyPART ITHE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRATION: FRAMING THE DEBATE1. Assessing Migration Management and the Role of Criminal Law Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London, UK2. The Criminalisation of Migration in the Law of the European Union: Challenging the Preventive Paradigm Valsamis Mitsilegas, Queen Mary University of London, UK3. Global Trends in ‘Crimmigration’ Policies: From the EU to the USA Gian Luigi Gatta, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy4. The Connections between Migration, Crime and Punishment: Historical and Sociological Questions Dario Melossi, Universita di Bologna, Italy5. Current Trends, Numbers and Routes in EU Migrations: Is Existing Legislation Creating More Irregularity? Maria Giovanna Manieri, European ParliamentPART IITHE CRIMINALISATION OF MIGRATION: NATIONAL, EUROPEAN AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES6. Crimmigration in Spain Jose A Brandariz, University of A Coruna, Spain7. Ethnicity Based Immigration Checks: Crimmigration and the How of Immigration and Border Control Maartje van der Woude, Leiden University, Netherlands8. Crimmigration in Greece: A Story of Exceptional Derogations from the Rule of Law within a Permanent Situation of Emergency Nikolaos Chatzinikolaou, Lawyer specialising in Criminal Law, Thessaloniki, Greece9. Immigration Detention between Law and Practice in Italy: Managing the Border Through Arbitrary Detention Francesca Cancellaro, Universita della Tuscia10. Detention as a Tool of Immigration and Asylum Enforcement in the EU Justine N Stefanelli, American Society of International Law, USAPART IIIWHO IS TO BLAME? SMUGGLING, HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONSIN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA11. Is that a Smuggler?: The Blurring Line between Facilitating Illegal Immigration and Providing Humanitarian Assistance at the European Borders Stefano Zirulia, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy 12. Reversing the Perspective: Criminal Responsibility of Italian Authorities for Human Rights Violations in Libya? Luca Masera, Universita di Brescia, Italy