Special Collection on the ‘New’ Migration and Asylum Pact

Edited by Daniel Thym

Five years after the peak of the 2015 policy crisis, the European Commission launched what it labelled as a ‘new’ Pact on Migration and Asylum. The academic Odysseus Network for legal studies on immigration and asylum in Europe is the natural setting to provide a timely and quality review of the diverse aspects of the Commission proposals. They will be published in a special collection of more than a dozen blogposts written by eminent experts from across Europe. We have designed a specific website to bring together the individual contributions in an overarching format – and invite you to consult it on a regular basis or to subscribe to our newsletter informing you about new blogposts.

List of Contributors and Themes

GENERAL

Introduction to the ‘special collection’/general assessment

Daniel Thym, University of Konstanz

Institutional dimension, including policy dynamics

Philippe De Bruycker, Université libre de Bruxelles

PACKAGE (1): DUBLIN SUCESSOR

Solidarity/distribution key	Francesco Maiani, Université de Lausanne
Detention and accommodation at the external borders	Galina Cornelisse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Screening	Lyra Jakuleviciene, Mykolas Romeris University Lithuania
Border Procedure	Jens Vedsted-Hansen, University of Arhus
Agencies: asylum office and FRONTEX	Lilian Tsourdi, University of Maastricht
Secondary movements	Daniel Thym, University of Konstanz
Immediate Protection	Meltem İneli Ciğer, Suleyman Demirel University

PACKAGE (2): RETURN AND COOPERATION WITH THIRD STATES

Search and rescue/disembarkation	Violeta Moreno-Lax, Queen Mary University of London
Return and readmission	Madalina Bianca Moraru, Masaryk University, Brno

Negotiations with third states: carrots and sticks	Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London
International cooperation: new instruments in the toolbox?	Paula García Andrade, Universidad Pontificia Comillas Madrid