1st Edition
Visas in Migration and Asylum Law The Key that Opens the Door
Foreword by François Crepeau
Introduction
Francesco Gatta, Mario Savino
PART I – VISA & MIGRATION
EU Visa Policy
1. EU Visa Policy: The Invisible First Line of Defence of ‘Fortress Europe’
Daniel Thym
2. EU Visa policy & USA: Cracks in Transatlantic Friendship?
Jonas Bornemann
3. Nationality-Based Schengen Visa and Entry Bans: The Case of Russian Citizens
Dimitry Kochenov, Sarah Ganty, Nurbanu Hayır, Suryapratim Roy
The Legal Challenges
4. Visa and Due Process under EU Law
Mario Savino
5. Digitalising the Visa Procedure: Administrative Efficiency at the Expense of Fundamental Rights?
Niovi Vavoula
6. Visas as a Tool of ‘Migrant Instrumentalisation’? The EU-Belarus Border Crisis Reconsidered
Aleksandra Ancite-Jepifánova
7. Visas and their Meaning and Consequences for Human Rights Defenders
Elspeth Guild, Vasiliki Apatzidou
PART II – VISA & ASYLUM
Seeking Asylum with a Visa
8. Gazans: Perpetual Refugees on the Run
Eugénie Delval, Christine Flamand, Caroline Leclercq, Matthieu Lys, Sylvie Sarolea, Véronique van der Plancke
9. Resettlement: Protection or Control?
Sarah Cosemans
10. Unlocking Access to Protection under the UN Global Compacts: Do Humanitarian Visas Hold the Key?
Pauline Endres de Oliveira, Nikolas Feith-Tan
11. Entry Visas and the European Convention on Human Rights
Francesco Gatta, Lorenzo Acconciamessa
12. Visa and Mobility in Africa: Challenges and Way Ahead
Silindile Nanzile Mlilo
National Visa Policies and Asylum
13. Refugees and Humanitarian Admissions in Australia: Between Control and Management
Susan Kneebone
14. Canada’s Visa Regime: A Global Model at a Crossroads
Elizabeth Hessek, Luna Vives
15. Country Focus: Italy
Luca Galli, Cecilia Siccardi
16. Humanitarian Immigration Programs of the United States
Kit Johnson
Conclusion
Hiroshi Motomura
Biography
Francesco Luigi Gatta is Assistant Professor of European Union Law at the University of Palermo, Italy.
Mario Savino is Full Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Tuscia, Italy and Coordinator of the Academy of Law and Migration (ADiM).
