EU Asylum and Immigration Law examines in detail the EU legislation and case law on the issues of immigration asylum visas and border controls discussing the impact and ongoing development of EU law in these complex and controversial areas The updated edition particularly covers new EU legislation case law and operational developments since 2010 on: internal border checks; external border controls; visa lists; litigation to obtain a visa; the Schengen Information System; the Visa Information System; family reunion; non EU students; long term residents; all aspects of refugee law including the definition of refugee and subsidiarity protection the rights of asylum seekers and Member States responsibility for asylum seekers ; and irregular migrants rights It also covers the institutional framework for these issues the related human rights aspects and the connections with other areas of EU law like the free movement of EU citizens Steve Peers seminal text on the justice and home affairs law of the European Union appears in its fourth edition and is now available in two separate volumes covering asylum and immigration law and criminal law policing and civil law and as a two volume set It provides a detailed examination of EU legislation and case law on the issues of immigration asylum visas border controls and police and criminal law cooperation discussing the impact and ongoing development of EU law This edition is the definitive guide to these intricate contentious and fast developing areas of EU law and will be invaluable to scholars practitioners and students in the field
