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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Whose Freedom Security and Justice?: EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy by Edited by Anneliese Baldaccini Edited by Helen Toner Edited by Professor Elspeth Guild Contributions by Ryszard Cholewinski Contributions by Maria Teresa Gil Bazo Contributions by Valsamis Mitsil
This book brings together contributions from some of the leading authorities in the field of EU immigration and asylum law to reflect upon developments since the Amsterdam Treaty and particularly the Tampere European Council in 1999. At Tampere Heads of State and Government met to set guidelines for the implementation of the powers and competences introduced by the Amsterdam Treaty and make the development of the Union as an area of freedom security and justice a reality. Since 1999 a substantial body of law and policy has developed but the process has been lengthy and the results open to critique. This book presents a series of analyses of and reflections on the major legal instruments and policy themes with the underlying question to what extent the ideals held out of freedom security and justice accessible to all are in fact reflected in these legislative and policy developments.Has freedom from terrorism and the spectre of illegal or irregular migration and increasingly strict border securitisation and surveillance overshadowed the freedom of the migrant to seek entry or residence for legitimate touristic work study or family reasons a secure refuge from persecution and effective access to justice? In 2004 the Heads of State and Government presented a programme for the next stage of development in these areas the Hague Programme and the Directives and Regulations that have been agreed are now being transposed and applied in Member States legal systems. What are the main challenges in the years ahead as the Hague Programme and the existing legislative acquis are implemented?show more