Let Me Move
A Legal Analysis of Residence Restrictions on Asylum-Seekers in Ceuta, Melilla and the Canary Islands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6451759 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Juan Ruiz Ramos (0000-0003-0698-6504, Universidad de Granada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 421-438 |
| Publication date | 2024-01-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/09646639231226227 |
| OpenAlex | W4390697408 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
For over a decade, Spanish police have prevented asylum-seekers in Ceuta and Melilla—two Spanish exclaves in Northern Africa—from moving to mainland Spain. Since 2020, similar measures have been taken in the Canary Islands. However, this practice has not taken place in a vacuum. This article shows that the Spanish authorities have long drafted and interpreted Spanish law in such a way as to create a veil of legality over these residence restrictions. Moreover, they have ignored attempts by the courts to uphold the freedom of asylum-seekers to choose their place of residence within the borders of the State. The government and the police have thus exercised a kind of “diluted” legal social control, in which legal certainty and human rights safeguards are out of the picture. This article analyzes the issue from different perspectives, using social control theories, classical legal doctrinal analysis, and comparisons with criminal law
China · Criminology · Legal certainty · Mainland China · Political science · Principle of legality · Refugee · Residence · Sociology · Demography · Law · Migration and Exile Studies · Migration, Health and Trauma · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Visions of social control
Los Centros de Atención Temporal de extranjeros como nuevo modelo de control migratorio
The Tensions of the Ceuta and Melilla Border Fences
The Handbook of Social Control
Economy and Society
The Role of Spain as a Gateway to the Schengen Area
The biopolitics and geopolitics of border enforcement in Melilla
EU-Limboscapes
European case law on migrants’ social and mobility rights
Homelessness and social control
Columbia Journal of Transnational Law
The Sociological Place of Law
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |