Statelessness in the European Union: Displaced, Undocumented, Unwanted

This work looks at the phenomenon of statelessness in Europe from a number of different perspectives. In the first instance it explores the legal position of statelessness in European and international law. It then provides a contemporary account of displaced populations in the European Union, drawing on case studies from the 'old' and the 'new' Europe: France, the United Kingdom, Estonia and Slovenia. Finally the editors suggest how the European Union might develop a legal response to statelessness. This innovative and important study will be of huge interest to European lawyers specialising in immigration and citizenship and to political scientists in the field. It will also appeal to international and human rights lawyers.

Caroline Sawyer is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, Victoria University, Wellington. A former practising solicitor, she has developed university teaching courses in migration and nationality issues for undergraduates and postgraduates and was also UK Country Expert for the EUI's recent comparative study of access to citizenship in Europe. Brad K. Blitz is Professor of Human and Political Geography at Kingston University, Research Associate in the Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, and Director of the International Observatory on Statelessness.