This book brings together contributions from some of the leading authorities in the field of EU immigration and asylum law to reflect upon developments since the Amsterdam Treaty and, particularly, the Tampere European Council in 1999.

Anneliese Baldaccini is a Committee Specialist for the House of Lords European Union Committee.
Elspeth Guild is Professor of European Immigration Law at the University of Nijmegen, Netherlands, and also a partner at the London law firm Kingsley Napley.
Helen Toner is an Associate Professor in the School of Law, University of Warwick.

From Amsterdam and Tampere to The Hague: An Overview of Five Years of EC Immigration and Asylum Law
ANNELIESE BALDACCINI AND HELEN TONER
Part I Constitutional Issues in EU Migration Law
1 Citizens Without a Constitution, Borders Without a State: EU Free Movement of Persons
ELSPETH GUILD
2 Effective Remedies in Immigration and Asylum Law Procedures: A Matter of General Principles of EU Law
EVELIEN BROUWER
3 The Jurisdiction of the Court of Justice Over EC Immigration and Asylum Law: Time For a Change?
STEVE PEERS
4 Impact Assessments: A Useful Tool for 'Better Lawmaking' in EU Migration Policy?
HELEN TONER
Part II Access to Asylum and Refugee Protection
5 The Asylum Procedures Directive in Legal Context: Equivocal Standards Meet General Principles
CATHRYN COSTELLO
6 Directive 2003/9 on Reception Conditions of Asylum Seekers: Ensuring 'Mere Subsistence' or a 'Dignified Standard of Living'?
JOHN HANDOLL
7 Refugee Status and Subsidiary Protection under EC Law: The Qualification Directive and the Right to Be Granted Asylum
MARÍA-TERESA GIL-BAZO
8 From Dublin Convention to Dublin Regulation: A Progressive Move?
ANDREW NICOL
9 The External Dimension of the EU's Asylum and Immigration Policies: Old Concerns and New Approaches
ANNELIESE BALDACCINI
Part III Borders and the Enforcement of Migration Control
10 The Criminalisation of Migration in EU Law and Policy
RYSZARD CHOLEWINSKI
11 Building a Community Return Policy With Third Countries: An Equal Partnership?
CATHERINE PHUONG
12 Border Security in the European Union: Towards Centralised Controls and Maximum Surveillance
VALSAMIS MITSILEGAS
13 Immigration Detention and the Common European Asylum Policy
DAN WILSHERE
Part IV Managing Legal Migration
14 The Long-Term Residents Directive, Denizenship and Integration
KEES GROENENDIJK
15 The Family Reunification Directive: A Tool Preserving Member State Interest or Conducive to Family Unity?
HELEN OOSTEROM-STAPLES
16 The European Union and Labour Migration: Regulating Admission or Treatment?
BERNARD RYAN
17 Citizenship and the Expanding European Union: The Rights of New EU Nationals
NICOLAS ROLLASON