EU Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy Droit et Politique de l'Immigration et de l'Asile de l'UE

Spring 2024 marked the end of the long process which led the European Union to reach a final agreement on the Pact on Migration and Asylum. This reform represents a veritable jungle of highly complex legislation and intricate political compromises covering mainly asylum and borders controls.

As a network of academics engaged in the analysis of migration and asylum legislation for over two decades, the Odysseus Network intends to review and unpack each instrument adopted in the framework of this extensive reform. This will be done through the publication of a special collection of blog posts written by eminent experts from across Europe and lead to a European conference in Brussels on 17 and 18 October 2024 on the same topic to be followed by the publication of a book in 2025.

Like in the case of our previous series on the Commission proposals for the pact, we have designed a specific website to bring together the individual contributions and invite you to consult it on a regular basis or to subscribe to our blog.

The series of blog posts is edited by:

Dr. Lilian Tsourdi, Associate Professor & Jean Monnet Chair in EU Migration Law & Governance│University of Maastricht, Faculty of Law & MCEL (The Netherlands)

Prof. Dr. Daniel Thym, Professor of European and International Law, University of Konstanz (Germany)

Prof. Dr. Iris Goldner Lang, Vice-Dean and Head of Department of European Public Law, Jean Monnet Professor of EU Law, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Law (Croatia)

Dr. Catherine Warin,  Lecturer at the European Institute of Public Administration, Lawyer at the Luxembourg Bar

List of Contributors and Themes

Introduction to the series Genealogy of and futurology on the pact on migration and asylum	Philippe De Bruycker, Université libre de Bruxelles
Harmonisation of asylum procedures Harmonisation of types of asylum procedures: new Regulation, old dilemmas	Jens Vedstedt-Hansen, University of Aarhus

Procedural guarantees in asylum procedures   The Asylum Procedure Regulation and the Erosion of Refugee’s Rights	Vincent Chetail, Graduate Institute Geneva       Mariana Ferolla Vallandro do Valle, Graduate Institute Geneva
Legal assistance The maze of legal support in the New Pact on Migration and Asylum	Barbara Mikołajczyk, University of Silesia
Crisis & force majeure Navigating the Labyrinth of Derogations: A Critical Look at the Crisis Regulation	Meltem İneli Ciğer, Suleyman Demirel University
Dublin Rules Responsibility-determination under the new Asylum and Migration Management Regulation: plus ça change… The new Solidarity Mechanism: the right “insurance scheme” for the CEAS?	Francesco Maiani, Université de Lausanne
Screening EU Screening Regulation: closing gaps in border control while opening new protection challenges	Lyra Jakuleviciene, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithania
Safe third countries Safe Third Countries: the Next ‘Battlefield’	Daniel Thym, University of Konstanz
Solidarity between Member States The new Solidarity Mechanism: the right “insurance scheme” for the CEAS?	Francesco Maiani, Université de Lausanne

Secondary movements Secondary Movements: Lack of Progress as the Flipside of Meagre Solidarity	Daniel Thym, University of Konstanz
Return The Impact of the 2024 CEAS Reform on the EU’s Return System: Amending the Return Directive Through the Backdoor	Madalina Bianca Moraru, Masaryk University, Brno                               Carmen López Esquitino
Minimum human rights standards EU Pact Instruments on Asylum and Minimum Human Rights Standards	Elspeth Guild, Queen Mary University of London       Vasiliki Apatzidou, Queen Mary University of London
Instrumentalisation Instrumentalisation of Migrants: It is Necessary to Act, but How?	Iris Goldner Lang, University of Zagreb

Eurodac The Transformation of Eurodac from an Asylum Tool into an Immigration Database	Niovi Vavoula, Université de Luxembourg
Vulnerables and gender Vulnerability in the New Pact: an empty promise to protect, or an operational concept?	Catherine Warin, European Institute of Public Administration, Luxembourg   Valeria Ilareva, Foundation for Access to Rights, Bulgaria
Detention Mix and Match. Detention, “De-Facto Detention” or just Restrictions of Freedom of Movement in the New Pact,	Ulrike Brandl, University of Salzburg
Monitoring of human rights Monitoring fundamental rights compliance in the context of screening and the asylum border procedure: putting bricks back into the EU house of rule of law?	Tamas Molnar, Fundamental Rights Agency
Reception conditions The new EU Reception Conditions Directive: More welfare conditionality for asylum seekers	Lieneke Slingenberg, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Qualification regulation The Qualification Regulation: a mixed bag, inherited from 2016.	Boldizsar Nagy, Central European University
Funding and implementation of New Pact Funding the New Pact on Migration and Asylum: Symbolic Politics or Structural Shifts in the Policies’ Implementation Design?	Lilian Tsourdi, University of Maastricht
Legal migration The Recast Single Permit Directive: Moving Forward, but Not on More Legal Migration Pathways	Tesseltje de Lange, Radboud University
Cooperation with third countries Cooperation with third countries within the EU legislative reform on migration and asylum	Paula García Andrade, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Resettlement framework The new EU Resettlement Framework: A flexible harmonization undermining fundamental rights	Caroline Leclercq, Universitè Libre de Bruxelles