Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / Anneliese Baldaccini and Elspeth Guild -- Chapter 1. From Gulf War to Gulf War - Years of Security Concern in Immigration and Asylum Policies at European Level / Nils Coleman -- Chapter 2. The Role and Limits of the European Court of Human Rights in Supervising State Security and Anti-terrorism Measures Affecting Aliens’ Rights / Nicholas Sitaropoulos -- Chapter 3. The Response of the United Kingdom’s Legal and Constitutional Orders to the 1991 Gulf War and the Post-9/11 ‘War’ on Terrorism / David Bonner and Ryszard Cholewinski -- Chapter 4. Immigration, Asylum, and Terrorism: How Do They Inter-relate in Germany? / Ulrike Davy -- Chapter 5. The Changes in Laws on Immigration and Asylum in France in Response to Terrorist Fears / Claire Saas -- Chapter 6. The Impact of Terrorism on Immigration and Asylum Law in the Netherlands / Hinde Chergui and Helen Oosterom-Staples -- Chapter 7. Terrorism, Asylum and Immigration in Italian Law / Paolo Bonetti -- Annexes / Anneliese Baldaccini and Elspeth Guild -- List of Contributors / Anneliese Baldaccini and Elspeth Guild -- Index / Anneliese Baldaccini and Elspeth Guild.

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This volume traces the developments in the laws and practices of the European Union and five of its Member States (the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Italy) at two points in time: first at the time of the Gulf War following Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait in August 2000; secondly, following the terrorist attacks in the United States on 11 September 2001. The focus is on the legal status of immigrants and asylum seekers and how that legal status is being modified on grounds of security-related measures adopted over a period of about ten years. Particularly, the question is whether and how far situations have come into existence, which could be considered to be in conflict with fundamental principles of human rights.