Until the Amsterdam Treaty,law and policymaking in the field of immigration remained a national function, though in practice there was much co-operation (the so-called Third Pillar). Now these powers have been transferred to the European Community as First Pillar powers. Only Denmark, Ireland and the UK have opted out.This book looks at the likely effects of this substantial transfer of powers to the Community. How will the powers and responsibilities be divided? How should the powers be exercised? Will there be input from the public into policymaking? What role will Parliaments play? Will migrants suffer? The foremost scholars from many European countries try to answer these and other questions, offering a variety of legal and social viewpoints.Contributors: Pieter Boeles (Amsterdam and Leiden), Antje Weiner (Hannover), Cristina Gortazar (Madrid), Guy Goodwin-Gill (Oxford), Nicholas Blake QC (London), Johannes van der Klaauw (UNHCR Brussels), Jens Vedsted Hansen (Aahus), Elspeth Guild (Nijmegen and London), Kees Groenendijk (Nijmegen), Gisbert Brinkmann (Bonn), John Crowley (CERI, Paris), Deirdre Curtin (Utrecht), Roger Errera (Paris), Steve Peers (Essex), Carol Harlow (LSE), Gregor Noll (Lund).

This book looks at the likely effects of this substantial transfer of powers to the Community brought about by the Amsterdam Treaty. The foremost scholars from many European countries offer a variety of legal and social viewpoints.

Introduction: Freedom, Security and Justice for AllPieter Boeles1. Differential Free Movement and the Sociology of the "Internal Border"John Crowley2. The Developing Right of Citizen Access to Information on Asylum and Immigration Decision-MakingDeirdre M. Curtin3. Primary Immigration: The Great MythsElspeth Guild4 The Dublin Convention and Rights of Asylum Seekers in the European UnionNicholas Blake5. Abolishing Border Controls: Individual Rights and Common Control of EU External BordersCristina Gortazar6. The Individual Refugee, the 1951 Convention and the Treaty of AmsterdamGuy S. Goodwin-Gill7. Towards a Common Asylum ProcedureJohannes van der Klaauw8. Temporary Protection and Burden Sharing: Conditionalising Access Suspending Refugee Rights?Gregor Noll and Jens Vedsted-Hansen9. Security of Residence and Access to Free Movement for Settled Third Country Nationals under Community LawKees Groenendijk10. Family Reunion, Third Country Nationals and the Community's New PowersGisbert Brinkmann11. Deference or Defiance? The Court of Justice's Jurisdiction over Immigration and AsylumElspeth Guild and Steve Peers12. Aliens, Workers, Citizens or Humans? Models for Community Immigration LawSteve Peers