Sergio Carrera
Senior Research Fellow and Head of Justice and Home Affairs unit
Ph.D. on immigration and citizenship, Maastricht University (The Netherlands); LL.M. in European, Comparative and International Law, University of Maastricht; Law Degree, Universidad de Salamanca
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Issues and priorities for the EU’s area of freedom, security and justice in the wake of Trump 2.0
EU Migration Policies and the European Commission’s Role
Rights and Responsibility in the Implementation of the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees
Priorities for a principled area of freedom, security and justice
Ensuring enforcement and intersectional monitoring of the rule of law and fundamental rights
EU-US data transfers and their impact on the rule of law, rights and trust
The transitioning of statuses in the EU regular and labour migration law
Rights and Responsibilities in Implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees
A worst practice in migration and asylum policies
Status Determination, Structural Vulnerability and the Right to Work
Substitute impact assessment
Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights as Preconditions for Merited Mutual Trust
Remembrance, Recognition, Justice and Trust-Building
A Merited Trust Model to Uphold Schengen Legitimacy
Regulation, enforcement and oversight of online content moderation in the EU and the United Kingdom
One Step Forward, Three Steps Back on Equal Solidarity
Time to rethink unequal solidarity in EU asylum policy
A Critical Overview of the EU’s Migration Management Complex
The Pushbacks at the EU’s External Borders with Belarus
Navigating the current legal framework and exploring ways forward within the EU and across the Atlantic
An Assessment of the Schengen Internal Border Controls and Travel Restrictions in the EU
Europeanisation Dynamics of the EU area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Coronavirus politics and their impact on EU freedoms and rule of law in the Schengen Area
Complaint Mechanisms and Access to Justice, 1st Edition
Problematising asylum seekers’ secondary movements and their criminalisation in the EU
A predictable EU solidarity mechanism?
Legality, Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Reconsidered
Sailing Away from Responsibility?
EU Policies Against Human Smuggling and their Impact on Civil Society
Contained Mobility vs. International Protection
Impact on the functioning of the rule of law in the EU and its Member States
Truth, reconciliation and justice for addressing antigypsyism
The Facilitation Directive and the criminalisation of humanitarian assistance to irregular migrants: 2018 update
A contradiction in terms?
Lessons learned and feasibility for the EU
Too late, too little, too political?
Criminal Justice and Police Cooperation between the EU and the UK after Brexit
The Irish Court’s request for a preliminary ruling on the European Arrest Warrant
Effective remedies for victims of human rights violations?
Democratic Accountability Challenges and Promising Practices
Latest Developments and Challenges in the Schengen Governance Framework since 2016
Effectiveness, Rule of Law and Rights on Countering Terrorism and Crime
Responses and promising practices in the EU and selected Member States
Addressing migration and asylum challenges in the Mediterranean?
Spaces of Transit, Migration Management and Migrant Agency
Better instead of more information sharing
Challenges to EU Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights
Comparative perspectives on the EU, the US, Canada and beyond
Subverting the ‘Lisbonisation’ of Justice and Home Affairs?
Towards an EU Copenhagen Mechanism
What prospects for EU-Southern Mediterranean Relations?
FRONTEX Assistance to Greece’s Border with Turkey: Revealing the Deficiencies of Europe’s Dublin Asylum System
Successes and future challenges under the Stockholm Programme
Towards mobility or insecurity partnerships?
Nationalism versus Europeanisation in the Common EU Immigration Policy
Final Policy Recommendations on the Changing Landscape of European Liberty and Security
The EC's Proposals for the Stockholm Programme
Mid-Term Report on the Results of the CHALLENGE Project
The Commission’s 2008 Policy Strategy in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
The Conference on the Future of Europe is a milestone in the history of the development of participatory democracy in…
The ASILE project studies the interactions between emerging international protection systems and the United Nations Global Compact for Refugees (UN…
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been deep and wide. In spite of unprecedented efforts to understand the COVID-19…
Prediction and management of migration are a major challenge for the European Union and also for many different stakeholder groups…
EU-CITZEN establishes a new Academic Network on European Citizenship Rights aimed at providing the European Commission with the best independent…
This project will achieve regular collaboration between Europe’s well-developed networks of migration researchers and stakeholders for the purpose of evidence-based…
The JUD-IT project aims at providing an in-depth comparative assessment of promising practices and practical and legal challenges in securing,…
The purpose of this grant (ENGAGE project II) is to continue facilitating the participation of representatives from NGOs, Civil Society…
The aim of the SOURCE Network of Excellence is to create a robust and sustainable virtual centre of excellence capable…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs and requested by the European…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the…
Transnational Migration, Citizenship and the Circulation of Rights and Responsibilities (TRANSMIC) is a project funded under the FP7-PEOPLE-2013-ITN call and…
The EU seeks to build a comprehensive immigration policy in which legally residing non-EU nationals, referred to as third-country nationals…
The purpose of this grant was to facilitate the participation of representatives from NGOs, Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and think…
OSEPI contributes to bridging the current gap between policy-makers and CSOs by commissioning research exploring the feasibility of ‘outsourcing’ asylum…
This Study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department forCitizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the Committee…
The Study aims to provide the necessary clarity by carrying out an in-depth assessment of the EUTFs and the FRT,…
Border control, surveillance operations and expulsion of irregular immigrants –particularly through return flights –can pose serious challenges to human rights.…
The project examined the ways in which European Union policies aimed at countering the phenomenon of migrant smuggling affect civil…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the…
The 284 initiatives entered for the 2016 Civil Society Prize competition provide an inspiring set of experiences and successful practices…
EURA-NET is an international research project funded by the European Union’s 7th Framework Programme for the period 2014-2017. The objective…
The notion of ‘anti-Gypsyism’ aims to refocus public policies addressing Roma discrimination in order to place responsibility for combating structural,…
The project will contribute to the development of an effective and humanitarian European response to the migration crisis in the…
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizen’s Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the…
This Research Paper examines the costs of non-Europe in the field of organised crime. It provides an interdisciplinary analysis of…
The European Union is founded on a set of common principles of democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights,…
This study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of…
FIDUCIA is a research project that will shed light on a number of distinctively “new European” criminal behaviours that have…
ILEC was a two-year research project co-funded by the European Commission’s DG Justice, Citizenship and Fundamental Rights which aimed to…
In March 2017, the United Kingdom invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union, effectively starting the process…
A large-scale US intelligence surveillance scandal (PRISM and UPSTREAM) was unveiled by Edward Snowden in 2013. The US authorities were…
Preventing digital communication tools and platforms from being used as vectors for the production, exchange and dissemination of illegal or…
Cross-border data access in criminal proceedings and the future of digital justice
When investigating and prosecuting crime, a wide range of law enforcement and criminal justice actors increasingly seek to obtain electronic…
This Task Force aims at informing the policy debate on e-evidence in criminal matters, as it unfolds at the EU…
Brexit raises profound questions regarding the future of the EU/UK cross-border cooperation in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice…
Third time wasn’t the charm. After Safe Harbour and Privacy Shield both met their maker at the hands of the…
