Migration in the Mediterranean [Texte imprimé] : mechanisms of international cooperation / edited by Francesca Ippolito, Seline Trevisanut

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"Mediterranean states have developed various cooperation mechanisms in order to cope with the issues that arise from migration. This book critically analyses how institutional actors act and interact on the international scene in the control and management of migration in the Mediterranean. It highlights how, even though the involvement of 'universal' international organisations guarantees a certain balance in setting the goals of cooperation mechanisms and buttresses a certain coherence of the actions, the protection of migrants' fundamental rights is still an objective as opposed to a reality, and security imperatives and trends still prevail in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring"-- Provided by publisher

"The Mediterranean Sea has always been a route for migration. For centuries caravans have crossed its waters for the most diverse reasons: commerce, war, pilgrimage, cultural exchange, etc. In the last decades, these same waters constitute the scenery of what appears as a never ending tragedy, irregular migration and the thousands of related deaths. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), 2014 has been so far the deadliest year for the Mediterranean, with nearly 1,900 migrants lost their lives, compared to the 700 recorded in 2013 and about 500 recorded in 2012"-- Provided by publisher

Machine generated contents note: Part I. Multilevel Cooperation in the Mediterranean: 1. Conceptualizing a migrant's rights-based EuroMed cooperation: political, legal and judicial rationale Francesca Ippolito; 2. EuroMed, migration, and frenemy-ship: pretending to deepen cooperation across the Mediterranean Elena Basheska and Dimitry Kochenov; 3. The League of Arab States and the protection of migrants Janeen Rashmawi and Mervat Rishmawi; 4. The roles of the African Union and its Member States in managing migration across the Mediterranean Martin Welz; 5. Expanding protection space in Libya and Tunisia after the 'Arab Spring': reflections on UNHCR's evolving role in mixed migration Elizabeth Eyster and Emanuela Paoletti; 6. Strengthening the cooperation between IOM and the EU in the field of migration Julinda Bequiraj; Part II. Managing Regular and Irregular Migration in the Mediterranean: 7. Euro-Mediterranean labour migration: a mutually beneficial partnership? Anja Wiesbrock; 8. Regulating migration and asylum in the Maghreb: which inspiration for an accelerated legal development? Delphine Perrin; 9. The EU external border policy: managing irregular migration to Europe Seline Trevisanut; 10. The EU and the obligation of non-refoulement at sea Efthymios Papastavridis; 11. Obligation to readmit? The relationship between interstate and EU readmission agreements Maria Giulia Giuffre;; 12. The cooperative mechanism established by the migrant smuggling protocol to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Patricia Mallia