This book investigates how migration policies have been problematised at the EU institutional level, in particular by the European Commission. It critically assesses the assumptions lying behind the Commission’s political priorities, agendas and policy outputs.
New I-CLAIM Policy Brief! It calls for policy reforms to address irregular migration in Europe by promoting regularization paths, coordinated policy responses, and protections for migrant workers’ rights.
This Policy Brief shows that a home affairs and criminalisation approach prioritising law enforcement and policing has dominated the von der Leyen Commission on questions related to migration policy.
Check the Comparative report. It brings together findings from the six country reports, and a report examining EU policies.
Check the new country reports looking at the legal and policy infrastructures of irregular migration in Poland and Italy.
In March 2023 a research handbook on irregular migration was released with Edward Elgar edited by Ilse van Liempt, Joris Schapendonk and Amalia Campos-Delgado.