Overview

This book explores the criminalisation of irregular migration in Europe. In particular, it investigates the meaning, purpose, and consequences of criminalising unauthorised entry and stay. From a theoretical perspective, the book adds to the debate on the persistence of irregular migration, despite governments’ attempts at deterring it, by taking an interdisciplinary approach that draws from international political economy and criminology. Using Italy and France as case studies, and relying on previously unreleased data and interviews, it argues that criminalisation has no effect on migratory flows, and that this is due to factors including the latter’s structural determinants and the likely creation of substitution effects. Furthermore, criminalisation is found to lead to adverse consequences, including by contributing to vicious cycles of irregularity and insecurity. 

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Author:   Matilde Rosina
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2022
Weight:   0.596kg
ISBN:  

9783030903466

ISBN 10:   303090346
Pages:   333
Publication Date:   06 March 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction1. Introduction 2. Key questions and implications of the research3. Methodological notes4. Plan of the book Chapter 2. Globalisation and irregular migration1. Introduction2. The IPE of irregular migration: Theoretical interpretationsa. The realist approachb. The neoliberal institutionalist approachc. The transnationalist approach3. Migration policies and their ‘gaps’4. Controlling migration through deterrence? 5. Conclusion Chapter 3. Deterrence in international migration: Between IPE and criminology1. Introduction2. The functioning of deterrencea. Legal costs: Certainty and severityb. Bounded rationality and perceptionsc. Social costs: Stigmatisation and social control3. The pitfalls of deterrence a. Do costs outweigh benefits? The lack of positive incentivesb. Availability of alternativesc. Multiple audiences: The political dimensiond. Information and unconscious biases4. Conclusion Chapter 4. Criminalising migration in Europe1. Introduction2. Theoretical aspects: The meaning and purpose of criminalisation 3. Criminalisation as securitisation?4. Between the EU and the national dimension5. Conclusion Chapter 5. Italy: From tough rhetoric to counter-productive consequences1. Introduction2. From rhetoric to paper: Discursive gaps3. From paper to enforcement: Implementation gaps4. From enforcement to overall outcomes: Efficacy gapsa. Efficacy: Easing expulsions, and deterring arrivals?b. Efficiency: How much does criminalisation cost?c. Coherence: Is criminalisation internally and externally consistent?d. Sustainability: Can criminalisation be maintained in the long term?e. Utility: Who benefits from criminalisation?5. Conclusion Chapter 6. France: Between instrumentalization, courts, and marginalisation1. Introduction2. Rhetoric and instrumentalization3. Implementation4. Effectiveness: Beyond goals and outcomes a. (In)efficacyb. (In)efficiency: The duplication of processes and costsc. (In)coherence: The contradictory nature of sanctions, and other problemsd. (Un)sustainability: The trade-off between certainty and efficiencye. (Political) utility5. Conclusion Chapter 7. The effects and counter-effects of criminalisation: On skinny balloons and vicious cycles1. Introduction2. Comparing and contrasting criminalisation in Italy and France3. Deterrence pitfalls and criminalisation a. Pitfall 1: Can costs outweigh benefits?b. Pitfall 2: Does criminalisation deter, or simply divert? On alternatives and skinny balloonsc. Pitfall 3: The politicisation of migration and of its criminalisationd. Pitfall 4: The role of information4. Vicious cycles of insecurity5. Criminalisation and the purpose of punishment6. Conclusion Chapter 8. Conclusion 1. Introduction2. The criminalisation of irregular migration: Between policy gaps and vicious cycles3. Criminalisation, migration and globalisation: Theoretical observations4. Concluding remarks 

Reviews

“This book Rosina uses Italy and France as case studies to investigate the meaning, purpose, practice and consequences of criminalising unauthorised entry and stay. The book provides a compelling case that the criminalisation of irregular migration does not have a sizeable deterrent effect and that in the case of Italy and France the penalties are rarely used. … The author uses exclusively descrip­tive statistics to describe trends in the data.” (Akira Soto-Nishimura, European Journal of Migration and Law, Vol. 25 (3), August, 2023)

Author Information

Matilde Rosina is Fellow in International Migration at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK. Her research focuses on irregular migration, with specific reference to the European context. Matilde obtained her award-winning PhD in International Political Economy from King’s College London, having received scholarships from the Luigi Einaudi Foundation and the Jean Monnet Foundation for Europe. Before joining LSE, Matilde lectured at City, University of London, and at Fordham University.

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