Edited by
Yves Charbit, Université Paris Cité, France
With contributions from
Eugenia Gómez del Rio, National University of Córdoba, Argentina
James F. Hollifield, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, United States
Sascha Krannich, IU University, Cologne, Germany
ISBN : 9781789452464
Publication Date : December 2026
Hardcover 312 pp
170 USD
Co-publisher
Human rights are universal and inalienable, and impose obligations on states to protect individuals and groups. Yet immigrants and refugees often remain insufficiently protected against violations arising from migration policies. Although freedom of movement is affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many states restrict or disregard migrants’ fundamental rights in the name of migration control.
This three-volume series provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the relationship between immigration policies and human rights. It draws on contributions from law, political science, history, demography, sociology and economics.
Immigration Policies Against Human Rights 2 brings together documented analyses of the vulnerabilities created by state or mafia violence in eight major countries of immigration, some long-established and others more recent: Argentina, Spain, France, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya and Morocco. Through these case studies, the book shows that immigrants and refugees remain insufficiently protected against violations of their rights resulting from migration management policies and practices. People who were already vulnerable before migration are particularly exposed to such violations, notably women, unaccompanied minors and people with disabilities.
Part 1. Fragile Populations
1. Disability, Forced Migration and Human Rights of Disabled Refugees, Lucy Fiske.
2. Protection of the Human Rights of Refugee Women and Girls, Susan F. Martin.
3. Depriving the Liberty of Migrant Children: The French Law of January 26, 2024, Florian Aumond.
4. Depriving the Voices: Transnational Repression of Burmese Refugee Diaspora in Japan, Yasuhiro Hitomi.
5. Europe and the Specific Fragility of Unaccompanied Minors in Spain, Rut Bermejo-Casado and Sara Carrasco-Granger.
Part 2. Vulnerability Induced by Institutional Violence
6. EU Pact on Migration and Asylum: “Sorting” at the Borders that Violates Fundamental Rights, Claire Rodier.
7. Rohingya Refugees in India: The State and the Court, Ravi Nair.
8. Free Choice but Varying Reception: Ukrainian Refugees in the EU and Beyond, Dietrich Thränhardt.
9. The End of the International Refugee Regime: A Critical Analysis of Refugee Repatriation and the “Compliance Deficit” in Kenya, Akiko Sugiki.
10. Practices Derogating from the Rights of Foreigners in Mayotte, Franck Temporal.
Part 3. Vulnerability Induced by Private Violence
11. “No Others” Punitive Violence and Extrajudicial Punishment of Migrants in Argentina, Sebastian Viqueira.
12. Moroccan “Strawberry Pickers” in Spain: Modern-Day Slaves?, Chadia Arab.
13. The Intense Exploitation of Indian Workers in Italian Agriculture, Marco Omizzolo.
Yves Charbit is Professor Emeritus of Demography at Université Paris Cité, France. He is a specialist in population and development issues. Many of his publications focus on international migration and population policies.
With contributions from
Eugenia Gómez del Rio is Research Director at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
James F. Hollifield is Director of the Tower Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, United States.
Sascha Krannich is Professor at IU University in Cologne, Germany.
