Lawless Borders

The Rule of Law Deficit in European Immigration Control

Valsamis Mitsilegas, Elspeth Guild, Niovi Vavoula

• Publisher: Bristol University Press
• Year: 2025
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9781529237795
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: Immigration Law
• Index: Law

Immigration control in the West has increasingly focused on preventing migrants from reaching the external border and the territory of states. This book provides an in-depth analysis of the evolving preventive immigration control system and highlights the many ways in which contemporary border controls undermine the rule of law.

By examining border control practices at the state and European levels (including by EU agencies and through the use of AI), the book explores how these measures affect the rule of law across different areas, including extraterritorial immigration control, control of the external borders and the digitalization of border control.

This is an essential resource, presenting a comprehensive and nuanced understanding of today's border management challenges.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Introduction: Setting the Scene
• Part I The Rule of Law Deficit in State Border Control Practices: From the External to the Externalized Border
• Part II Border Violence and Rule of Law: Examining the Role of Frontex in Lawless Border Control
• Part III The Erosion of the Rule of Law through the Development of Europe’s Techno-Borders
• Conclusion: Restoring the Rule of Law on the Border
• Index