Migrant Smuggling and the Criminalisation of Migration in the EU

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'Federico Alagna’s book addresses the policies on smuggling in the EU as well as their implementation in practice showing how, far to be effective in their proclaimed aims of dismantling criminal networks involved in smuggling, they have a dire impact on the lives of the migrants themselves.”

—Donatella della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy.

“Federico Alagna analyses brilliantly the issue of migrant smuggling as part of Sicilian, Italian and EU migration policy.”

—Rinus Penninx, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

“Alagna’s analysis of how anti-smuggling policies developed (or not) is a must-read for scholars, policymakers and everyone interested to go beyond the rhetoric around one of the most salient topics of today.”

—Tineke Strik, Member of the European Parliament & Radboud University, the Netherlands.

This book examines migrant smuggling and migration governance in the European Union. Following the so-called 'refugee crisis' of 2014-15 and the rise in the number of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea, growing concern has been expressed in the media and elsewhere as to how EU institutions have tackled migrant smuggling. Focusing particularly on Italy during the period of the Eighth European Parliament (2014-19), the book assesses the evolution of anti-smuggling policies at EU and national level, and considers why institutions and policy-makers have failed to fully address the issue. Adopting a bottom-up approach, it also analyses the roles that people on the move, smugglers, law enforcers, the judiciary and border guards play in influencing policy processes. With political and public debates over migration more vociferous than ever, the book provides important insights into the EU approach to migrant smuggling. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, migration studies, European politics and criminology.

Federico Alagna is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy, and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of Bologna, Italy.

This book examines migrant smuggling and migration governance in the European Union. Following the 'refugee crisis' of 2014-15 and the rise in the number of people crossing the Mediterranean Sea, growing concern has been expressed in the media and elsewhere as to how EU institutions have tackled migrant smuggling. Focusing particularly on Italy during the period of the Eighth European Parliament (2014-19), the book assesses the evolution of anti-smuggling policies at EU and national level, and considers why institutions and policy-makers have failed to fully address the issue. Adopting a bottom-up approach, it also analyses the roles that people on the move, smugglers, law enforcers, the judiciary and border guards play in influencing policy processes. With political and public debates over migration more vociferous than ever, the book provides important insights into the EU approach to migrant smuggling. It will appeal to all those interested in public policy, migration studies, European politics and criminology.

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Federico Alagna

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“While social movement studies focused on the mobilization for migrant rights, research on the various forms of repression of migrants on the move is still limited. Contributing to fill this gap, Federico Alagna’s book addresses the policies on smuggling in the EU as well as their implementation in practice showing how, far to be effective in their proclaimed aims of dismantling criminal networks involved in smuggling, they have a dire impact on the lives of the migrants themselves. Through case law data analysis and interviews, this most interesting work reveals how a system built on the violations of international agreements as well as the obtention of false statements contribute to the hyper-policing of people on the move, with devastating consequence in terms of human rights.” (Donatella della Porta, Founding Dean of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences, Director of the Centre on Social Movement Studies, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy)

“Federico Alagna analyses brilliantly the issue of migrant smuggling as part of Sicilian, Italian and EU migration policy: who have been important actors in the practice and (re-)formulation of these policies at different levels? Which actors and institutions have contributed to, or fought against the criminalisation and securitisation of migrant smuggling policies over the last 20 years. And what is the role of “evidence” (verified facts) in policy making? This comprehensive, richly documented study answers these questions.” (Rinus Penninx, Emeritus Professor of Ethnic Studies, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

“Alagna has succeeded brilliantly in unpacking the policies behind the rhetoric of the need to ‘break the business-model of smugglers’, by exploring and comparing the multi-level and institutional dynamics in this field. He has dug deep into the Italian practice of criminalisation of civil society actors and individuals piloting vessels and its effects, thus exposing the distance between practice and political discourse. The parallels he finds between the Italian and the EU anti-smuggling policymaking are striking, such as the pattern of selecting evidence that serves (pre-existing) restrictive policy options, while ignoring evidence supporting de-criminalisation. Alagna’s analysis of how anti-smuggling policies developed (or not) are must-read for scholars, policymakers and everyone interested to go beyond the rhetoric around one of the most salient topics of today.” (Tineke Strik, Member of the European Parliament & Professor of Citizenship and Migration Law, Radboud University, The Netherlands)

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