Responses to Sea Migration and the Rule of Law

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5099-7852-6
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

In the current debates on sea migration there is a dearth of works drawing on the rule of law. This important book addresses this failing.

Considering the question from that conceptual framework, it is able to broaden the sometimes fragmented and incomplete perspective of existing scholarship. The book takes as its central case study the experience of Italy, exploring the legal issues at play there and its institutional practices and policies. From here its focus broadens out to the wider EU experience, looking in particular at those problems common to southern EU states, such as failures and delays in assisting migrants in distress at sea and contested legal grounds and practices concerning interceptions at sea. It combines both legal and empirical data, charting both the black letter law and how it operates in practice.

In a field as complex as this, this clarity is key; it allows lawyers, political scientists and policymakers to truly engage with the challenges sea migration poses today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bianchini, Katia

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1
1. Introduction and Scope of the Book
2. The Rule of Law as a Critical Lens
3. International and EU Legal Frameworks Relevant to Sea Migration
Part 2
4. Failures and Delays in Assisting Migrants in Distress at Sea
5. Contested Legal Grounds and Practices Concerning Interceptions at Sea

6. Legal Provisions, Policies, and Case Law on NGOs Engaged in Search and Rescue Activities
Part 3
7. Final Reflections
List of Interviews
List of NGOs Engaged in Search and Rescues in the Mediterranean
Glossary
Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Bianchini, Katia
Katia Bianchini is a Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany.