Implementing EU Mobility Partnerships: Putting Soft Law into Practice

This book provides a comprehensive assessment of the effectiveness of Mobility Partnerships and their consequences for third countries.

Mobility partnerships between the EU and third countries are usually viewed as reflecting asymmetric power relations where development aid, trade relations and visa policies are made conditional upon the cooperation by third countries with an EU agenda of migration control. This book argues that three main factors condition the relevance of Mobility Partner...