Debates over Schengen governance and the management of the EU's external borders took centre stage in 2011 and 2012. Mobility flows linked to what has come to be known as 'the Arab Spring' sparked a chain of national actions affecting free movement in 2011 and, coupled with wider perceived...

The European Commission has submitted a victims' package consisting of a communication on strengthening victims' rights,1 a proposed directive establishing minimum standards for victims' rights2 and a proposed regulation on the mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters,3 which...