Human rights Issues in migration and border management : challenges and perspectives

Abstract

This book results from an academic sub-project on Migration Law and Policy at the Faculty of Laws (Department of European & Comparative Law & Department of Civil Law) of the University of Malta. It formed part of a much larger project involving a Jean Monnet Network migration and asylum policies systems (MAPS) project led by the lead partner, the University of Naples, L’Orientale. The proposal of the University of Naples ‘L’Orientale’ for a Network Jean Monnet on MAPS was born based on the past experiences of Jean Monnet activities carried out (Jean Monnet Modules, Jean Monnet Chair, Centre of Excellence Jean Monnet on Migrants’ Rights in the Mediterranean) of the academic courses on the International Protection of Migrants Rights, on the Protection of Human Rights in EU and, finally, on Islamic and Sinology studies focused on the phenomenon of migration. Starting from the EU proposal of 4 May 2016 to amend the asylum system, Dublin IV, MAPS aims at highlighting key changes relating to the general principles and safeguards of the asylum system and the corrective allocation mechanism as regards differentiating between deficiencies in the legal design of the system and its implementation, analysing weaknesses and the compliance with international law obligations to protect asylum claimants, refugees and migrants in general. This edited book represents the work undertaken by the University of Malta during this project. Some of its contributions also reflect conference proceedings organised in Malta on 25 March 2022 within the auspices of the said project. Most chapters are about migration from a legal perspective, although the edited book’s first part contains chapters from an anthropological perspective. As a result, the different writing styles between the anthropological and legal chapters are maintained. The opinions of the chapters in the book reflect solely those of the respective author and not of the editors.