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About Liza Schuster

Liza Schuster is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at City University, London.

Articles by Liza Schuster

Wednesday 18th June

Things can only get worse

The introduction of an EU Returns Directive demonstrates an official capacity to privilege state interests over those of the individual

Monday 29th December

An open debate on open borders: reply to Stephen Castles

Today’s utopia is tomorrow’s realism. Keeping alive the possibility of a free migration, “open borders” policy is an investment in everyone’s future.
Wednesday 15th October

Asylum-seekers and state racism in Europe

People fleeing to Europe to seek protection against human rights abuses are trapped in a further cycle of degradation. With a panoply of controls, states ignore or circumvent existing conventions across the continent. How then can the rights of asylum-seekers be defended?
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