Ingrid V Eagly addresses the difficulties unaccompanied migrant children face in accessing legal information, guardians and free legal assistance during international-protection and status-regularisation procedures in EU Member States.
Efrat Arbel traces how Canada’s asylum reforms between 2020 and 2026 transformed its refugee-protection system and affected its legal obligations towards asylum seekers.
Elena Barham and Marco Alcocer’s preprint investigates the security consequences of border externalisation—by which destination states press transit countries to intensify migration enforcement—through the 2019 Migrant Protection Protocols (“Remain in Mexico”).
Dr Emilie McDonnell authored the academic publication “EU Externalised Migration Control and the Right to Leave” in EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy, published on 2026-07-08. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning European Union.
the academic publication “Comparative study of border externalisation and the future of international refugee law”, published on 2026-07-08. The publication forms part of the private-international-law literature concerning United States; European Union; European states.
Alethia Fernández de la Reguera’s *Inside the Bureaucracy of Immigration Detention* examines how immigration policy is implemented in Mexico, drawing on three years of qualitative research at the Siglo XXI Migration Station in Tapachula on the Guatemala border.
Hanen Medromi treats Moroccan border law not simply as a question of territorial boundaries, but as a composite legal regime operating across land, air and maritime borders.
In this second edition, Ersin Yilmaz and Nazim Taha Koçak bring together decisions of the Turkish administrative courts on disputes arising under Law No. 6458 on Foreigners and International Protection.
Alessia di Pascale writes that, with fewer than two weeks remaining before the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum becomes fully applicable on 12 June 2026, Member States’ adaptation of their national systems to the new framework remains incomplete.
Georgios Athanasiou’s article in the European Journal of Migration and Law says EU Member States are increasingly relying on national security to justify restrictive migration measures and refoulement at the external borders, and argues that this produces a “securitization cascade” that gradually…
This journal article by Leon Rauch, published in the European Journal of Migration and Law, examines the use of border procedures under the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum in processing asylum applications.
Chiara Graziani authored the academic publication “Technosecuritization: Digital Technologies and the Securitization of EU Migration Law” in European Journal of Migration and Law, published on 2026-03-31.
Víctor Herraiz Jagerovic’s article focuses on smartphone data extraction (SDE) by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) in asylum proceedings.
This article by Montserrat Pi Llorens, published in the Revista Española de Derecho Internacional, presents Lorena M. Calvo Mariscal’s 2023, 309-page book published by Editorial Reus in Madrid, entitled "Inmigración, Externalización de Fronteras Europeas y Derechos Humanos en Libia".
Vasiliki Apatzidou’s article in the International Journal of Refugee Law examines how border procedures have been expanded under the EU Asylum Procedures Regulation (EU) 2024/1348 within the Common European Asylum System.
The article describes how ETIAS will profile visa-exempt third-country nationals through a screening rules algorithm to produce automated predictive risk assessments.
This article traces how the difficulties faced by lesbian, gay and bisexual refugees in asylum procedures have evolved over time, with a particular focus on Sweden and the Netherlands.
Niamh Kinchin; Davoud Mougouei authored the academic publication “What Can Artificial Intelligence Do for Refugee Status Determination? A Proposal for Removing Subjective Fear” in International Journal of Refugee Law, published on 2022-10-01.
The article argues that the Pact on Migration and Asylum, particularly through pre-entry screening and new border procedures, develops policies aimed at deterritorialising EU territory while reinforcing externalisation.
Delphine Rodrik authored the academic publication “Rights Not Recognized: Applying the Right to Recognition as a Person before the Law to Pushbacks at International Borders” in International Journal of Refugee Law, published on 2021-12-01.
Lina Jasmontaite-Zaniewicz and Júlia Zomignani Barboza examine the use of technology-assisted and automated decisions in EU asylum applications against the backdrop of the growing overlap between migration policy, border control, security and counter-terrorism.
Iker Barbero’s article in the European Journal of Migration and Law examines France’s reintroduction of internal border controls and the rights of migrants in transit.