Chapter 1: Introduction to The Interplay between the EUs Return Acquis and International Law
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This introductory chapter presents the scope, the content and the structure of the monograph. It summarizes the main issues examined as well as the research methodology. This chapter also explains why ‘EU migration policy’, more precisely the ‘EU return acquis’ and not other EU policy areas have been selected to support the more general claims on the interactions between EU and international law.