Subjects:

Immigration and Nationality Law

Contents:

Part 1 - Laying the Foundations

1. History and nature of immigration law

2. Nationality and right of abode

3. Immigration law and human rights

Part 2 - European Law and Migration

4. The European Context

5. European Freedom of Movement

Part 3 - The system of immigration control

6. Entry, stay, and decision making

7. The extension of immigration control

8. Appeals and constraints

Part 4 - Entry to the UK

9. Family life

10. Entry for temporary purposes

11. Entry for work and business

Part 5 - The asylum claim

12. The asylum process and appeals

13. The refugee definition

14. Criminalization and excluding an asylum claim

Part 6 - Enforcement

15. Detention

16. Deportation

17. Removal

This second edition of Gina Clayton's textbook provides undegraduates with a dynamic analysis of the law and system of control which govern immigration and asylum in the UK. Students are introduced to the subject through its historical and legal context, clarifying who is subject to immigration control, and describing the legal and administrative structure of the system. A chapter is devoted to the impact of human rights on immigration law, and this theme is pursued throughout the book.

Key topics covered on immigration and asylum law courses are covered in detail. These include entry for work, including the development of the concept of managed migration, entry for study and family settlement (with a separate chapter on rights under European law). Three chapters deal with asylum claims in the UK, exploring the requirements for establishing a claim, the provisions by which a claim may be limited or denied, and in a new chapter, the increasingly important connection between the asylum process and the rights of the asylum seeker. The trend towards criminalization of migrants is also discussed. Detention, deportation and removal are fully examined as both legal powers and tools of policy in a wider field.

Reference to themes such as executive discretion and the dominance of recent law-making by a policy of asylum deterrence are featured throughout the book illustrating the vital relationship between immigration law and its social and political context.

New to this edition:-

• Increased coverage of appeals, criminalization and asylum procedures
• Analysis of the 2004 and 2005 legislation, including the Prevention of Terrorism Act
• Increased pedagogy in the form of tables and summaries
• Now reorganised to include a new European section which brings together chapters on the European context and freedom of movement for European nationals