Polly Pallister-Wilkins

Dr Polly Pallister-Wilkins is a Teaching Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Studies at SOAS.

Searching for accountability in EU migration-management practices

The uprisings in North Africa, the subsequent increase in migrants crossing the Mediterranean and the cataclysmic predictions about an end to the Schengen acquis has highlighted a hitherto under-investigated policy practice of the EU: migration-management. Polly Pallister-Wilkins scrutinizes curre

By Polly Pallister-Wilkins

/ 19 Oct 2011

Criticism of EU-Libya migration policy is too little, too late

An EU-Libya framework agreement signed in 2010 is only the tip of the iceberg of shameful EU extraterritorialised migration-management, argues Polly Pallister-Wilkins

By Polly Pallister-Wilkins

/ 29 Aug 2011

Playing politics with Schengen

The European Commission has been at the forefront of criticism of France and Denmark for re-introducing border controls. This was not because they in fact threatened Schengen but because such decisions undermine the Commission’s power as the executive of Europe, argues Polly Pallister-Wilkins

By Polly Pallister-Wilkins

/ 16 Jul 2011