The privatisation of immigration control through carrier sanctions : : the role of private transport companies in Dutch and British immigration control / / Sophie Scholten.

• Superior document: Immigration and Asylum Law and Policy in Europe, Volume 38
• VerfasserIn: Scholten, Sophie,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Nijhoff,, 2015.; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Immigration and asylum law and policy in Europe ; Volume 38.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004290745
• ISSN: 1568-2749
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Sophie Scholten.

The central theoretical question of The Privatisation of Immigration Control through Carrier Sanctions concerns the social working of legal rules. Sophie Scholten examines how states, private companies (carriers) and people (passengers) have become interconnected through carrier sanctions legislation. Scholten describes the legal framework in the Netherlands and the UK and international and European legislative rules developed on the subject. The author ties in with debates on privatisation of control in general and of immigration control in particular. As such the author provides a much needed new look at a field which as not attracted detailed academic attention. Scholten opens up fascinating questions about the relationship of the public and private sectors in the complex and politically sensitive area of immigration.