Author: Isaac Stanley-Becker 

Schengen transformed European life, advancing both a democratic project of transnational citizenship and a neoliberal project of international free trade. But the right of free movement always excluded non-Europeans, especially migrants of color from former colonies of the Schengen states.

In “Europe without Borders,” Isaac Stanley-Becker explores the contested creation of free movement in Schengen, from treaty making at European summits and disputes in international courts to the street protests of undocumented immigrants who claimed free movement as a human right.