The Impact of the Global Compact on Migration on the Legal Framework on Immigration in the UK

This project will investigate how the Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (the Compact), the first inter-governmentally negotiated agreement to cover all dimensions of international migration in a holistic and comprehensive manner, is impacting how the United Kingdom specifically, and EU Member States in general, are drafting new laws, rules or practice guidance which relate to migration. As an international agreement that makes explicit the human rights obligations of States as they relate to migrants, the Compact can and should fill gaps within legislation to ensure that a comprehensive legal framework on immigration law is developed in the UK. The research will involve analyzing themes in government adoption speeches of new legislation, as summarized in Hansard entries, to help determine to what degree legislators are drawing on the Compact in shaping new legislation. Challenges and barriers will be identified.

Faculty Supervisor:

François Crépeau

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Partner:

Queen Mary, University of London

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Public Service, Policy, and Governance; Other

University:

McGill University

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