The book Policing Humanitarianism examines the ways in which European Union policies aimed at countering the phenomenon of migrant smuggling affect civil society actors’ activities in the provision of humanitarian assistance, access to rights for irregular immigrants and asylum seekers. It explores the effects of EU policies, laws and agencies’ operations in anti-migrant smuggling actions and their implementation in the following EU Member States: Italy, Greece, Hungary and the UK. It critically studies policies designed and implemented since 2015, during the so-called ‘European refugee humanitarian crisis’.

Coming in January 2019: Carrera, S., Mitsilegas, V., Allsopp, J., and Vosyliute, L. (editors), Policing Humanitarianism EU Policies Against Human Smuggling and their Impact on Civil Society, Hart Publishing.