Statelessness in the European Union
Displaced, Undocumented, Unwanted

An assessment of the experiences of irregular migrants and stateless people living in 'Fortress Europe'.

Caroline Sawyer (Edited by), Brad K. Blitz (Edited by)

9780521191937, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 February 2011

366 pages
23.5 x 15.7 x 2 cm, 0.7 kg

'… provide[s] an excellent discussion of statelessness under international law.' Netherlands International Law Review

Statelessness in the European Union draws together original research from over one hundred interviews in Estonia, France, Slovenia and the United Kingdom to provide one of the first comparative accounts of the de facto or de jure stateless populations in the European Union. It blends legal, political and empirical research to examine how non-citizens without secure status, in some cases established undocumented migrants and their descendants, manage their lives in four European Union member states. Normative and legal analyses of the practical meaning of basic human rights are combined with a groundbreaking investigation of the obstacles that prevent people from accessing essential services. Contrasting the situation of Europe's stateless now with that examined by Arendt over fifty years ago, it considers proposals for the future security of Europe's stateless people.

1. Introduction - statelessness in the European Union Caroline Sawyer and Brad K. Blitz
2. Undocumented migrants: an Arendtian perspective Monika Krause
3. The rights of non-citizens in political thought Matthew Gibney
4. Statelessness in international and regional law Caroline Sawyer
5. From strangers to citizens: the international regime on statelessness Brad K. Blitz
6. Methodology of the study Brad K. Blitz and Caroline Sawyer
7. Effective statelessness in the UK Caroline Sawyer, Brad K. Blitz and Miguel Otero-Iglesias
8. The sans-papiers in France Arnaud Lucien and David Marrani
9. Stateless Russians in Estonia Raivo Vetik
10. The erased of Slovenia Jelka Zorn
11. Analysis Brad K. Blitz and Caroline Sawyer
12. Conclusions Caroline Sawyer and Brad K. Blitz.

Subject Areas: Human rights & civil liberties law [LNDC], Immigration law [LNDA1], Citizenship & nationality law [LNDA], International human rights law [LBBR], EU & European institutions [JPSN2], Migration, immigration & emigration [JFFN]