Human rights are universal and inalienable, and impose obligations on states to protect individuals and groups. Yet immigrants and refugees often remain insufficiently protected against violations arising from migration policies. Although freedom of movement is affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many states restrict or disregard migrants’ fundamental rights in the name of migration control.

This three-volume series provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the relationship between immigration policies and human rights. It draws on contributions from law, political science, history, demography, sociology and economics.

Immigration Policies Against Human Rights 2 brings together documented analyses of the vulnerabilities created by state or mafia violence in eight major countries of immigration, some long-established and others more recent: Argentina, Spain, France, India, Italy, Japan, Kenya and Morocco. Through these case studies, the book shows that immigrants and refugees remain insufficiently protected against violations of their rights resulting from migration management policies and practices. People who were already vulnerable before migration are particularly exposed to such violations, notably women, unaccompanied minors and people with disabilities.

Yves Charbit is Professor Emeritus of Demography at Université Paris Cité, France. He is a specialist in population and development issues. Many of his publications focus on international migration and population policies.