Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law

• Widely recognized as the definitive textbook for this area of law, this book is an essential tool for teachers and students of immigration and asylum law
• The author's passion for the subject makes this a highly readable and engaging book for students new to the subject, as well as those with more experience
• Clear analysis and commentary on the political, social, and historical dimensions of the law brings the subject to life and encourages students to engage critically with the issues
• The book makes use of a wide range of helpful learning features including diagrams, case summaries, further reading suggestions, and end of chapter questions
• An Online Resource Centre accompanies the book, featuring updates to the law, problem questions, web links, and additional material useful for the study of immigration and asylum law

New to this edition

• Thoroughly updated to include recent Supreme Court decisions including Cart, Quila, HJ (Iran) and ZH (Tanzania).
• Provides coverage of the migration law decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union, as well as coalition government policies and consultations, and the Equality Act 2010.

Readership: Suitable for LLB students studying optional modules on immigration and asylum law, and for students taking Masters courses related to imigration and asylum law. Also suitable as supplementary reading for students studying human rights law and social work law.

Gina Clayton, Visiting Lecturer, Middlesex University

Gina Clayton is joint managing editor of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum & Nationality Law, a Visiting Lecturer at Middlesex University, and is active in grassroots initiatives concerning asylum, including the City of Sanctuary movement.

"An excellent introduction and support to immigration and refugee law...It is an essential purchase for those interested in this particular subject area Legal Information Management"

Section 1: Laying the Foundations
1.: History and sources of immigration law
2.: Policy, politics and the media
3.: Nationality, citizenship and right of abode
4.: Immigration law and human rights
Section 2: European Law and Migration
5.: Freedom of movement for EU nationals
6.: Immigration and asylum for third country nationals under EU law
Section 3: The System of Immigration Control
7.: Crossing the border and leave to remain
8.: Challenging decisions: appeals and judicial review
Section 4: Entry to the UK
9.: Family life
10.: Entry for work, business and study: the points based system
11.: Visitors: entry for temporary purposes
Section 5: The Asylum Claim
12.: The asylum process and appeals
13.: The refugee definition
14.: Criminalization and excluding an asylum claim
Section 6: Enforcement
15.: Detention
16.: Deportation
17.: Removal
18.: Expulsions and Article 8