Fusion of Immigration and Crime in the European Union: Problems of Cooperation and the Fight Against the Trafficking in Women (From Illegal Immigration and Commercial Sex: The New Slave Trade, P 189-213, 1999, Phil Williams, ed. -- See NCJ-184191)

• NCJ Number: 184195
• Author(s): Penelope Turnbull
• Date Published: 1999
• Length: 25 pages
• Sale Source: Frank Cass and Co, Limited
• Publication Format: Book (Hardbound)
• Publication Type: Issue Overview
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

This paper analyzes the European Union (EU)’s position on cooperation in the fight against the trafficking in women and its links to the question of the EU’s future enlargement.

Abstract

Since the early 1990's the member states of the EU have attempted to create a unique institutional architecture to address internal security challenges. The fusing of immigration and crime issues into an “internal security continuum” has become a defining element in both institution-building and substantive policy responses. This paper is concerned with the process of fusion, particularly its implications for future European cooperation. It argues that fusion creates significant institutional and political barriers to greater cooperation and obscures the human rights and civil liberties dimensions of many migration issues. Despite these difficulties, there has been a concerted effort to advance cooperation in the case of trafficking in women. The paper examines the nature of the EU’s response to the trafficking issue and whether political rhetoric has been matched by policy practice. Notes