Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-309) and index.

Preliminary Material -- Introduction to ‘Carrier Sanctions’ -- Enlisting Carriers in Immigration Control: A Theoretical Exploration -- The Netherlands: Development of Carriers’ Liability Legislation and Policy -- The United Kingdom: Developments in Carriers’ Liability Legislation in UK Law -- International and European Legislative Framework -- Carrier Sanctions in a System of Measures -- The Relationship Between Carriers and the Dutch Government -- The Relationship between Carriers and Government in the UK -- The Effect of Carrier Sanctions Policies on the Relationship between the Passenger and the State and the Passenger and Private Carriers -- The Consequences of Involving Private Carriers in Immigration Control for the Relationship between State, Carriers and Passengers -- Bibliography -- Index.

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The central theoretical question of The Privatisation of Immigration Control through Carrier Sanctions concerns the social working of legal rules. Sophie Scholten examines how states, private companies (carriers) and people (passengers) have become interconnected through carrier sanctions legislation. Scholten describes the legal framework in the Netherlands and the UK and international and European legislative rules developed on the subject. The author ties in with debates on privatisation of control in general and of immigration control in particular. As such the author provides a much needed new look at a field which as not attracted detailed academic attention. Scholten opens up fascinating questions about the relationship of the public and private sectors in the complex and politically sensitive area of immigration.