Control of People Smuggling and Trafficking in the EU

Matilde Ventrella has a law degree from the University of Bari (Italy), a LLM from the University of Dundee and a PhD from the University of Birmingham. Matilde works as a freelance researcher on asylum and immigration issues and for the Online Master Programmes at the University of Liverpool, UK.

• Contents: Preface; Introduction; The limits of law; EU law enforcement measures; EU migration policies; Comparative analysis of British and Italian law; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

’The strength of the book lies in its convincingly argued thesis that the intensification and expansion of policing activities in and across the Mediterranean and the efforts to externalise border controls cannot reduce smuggling and trafficking unless those victimised in the course of migrating are protected by receiving states... Ventrella offers an up-to-date and thought-provoking discussion of the shortcomings of the current approach to irregular migration in the European Union as well as of the many ways in which the Union’s growing scope for action impacts on its Member States in this area... the book is an interesting contribution to the increasingly crowded field of migration-related studies and will be worthy of note for students looking for detailed coverage of the European Union’s action in this area as well as for policy-makers interested in the European Union’s expanding role on policing and immigration policy.’ European Law Review