The Issue Of Migration Presents Clear Challenges To International Human Rights Courts Due To Its Political Sensitivity. This Book Contrasts The European And Inter-american Courts Of Human Rights, Showing How Their Rulings Differ On This Issue. It Argues That The Inter-american Court's Approach Is More Sympathetic To The Individuals Involved. Introduction -- The Alien In The Social Imagination Of The Founding Texts -- Rejecting The Legacy Of Empire : Postcolonial Dereliction (east African Asians Case) -- Dislocating Families : The Strasbourg Reversal (abdulaziz, Cabales And Balkandali) -- Not-so-threatening Foreigners : Nationality As A Core Human Rights Issue (advisory Opinion 4/84) -- Shattering Lives : The Normalisation Of Deportation (after Berrehab) -- The Sleeping Beauty Awakens Late : An Absolute Prohibition With Many Buts (around Soering) -- Social Protection? All Are Equal, But Some More So Than Others (after Gaygusuz) -- The Voice Of The Inter-american Court : Equality As Jus Cogens (advisory Opinions 16/99 And 18/03) -- Reparations Are A Big Issue : Taking Human Rights One Step Further (yean And Bosico) -- Migrants, Not Criminals : The Continual Elaboration Of Strong Human Rights Norms In The Inter-american System (vélez Loor) -- Domestic Asylum Procedures Aside : Scrutinising Strasbourg's 'scrutiny' (m.s.s.) -- The Darkest Case Law : Condoning Rightlessness (bonger Et Alia) -- On The Road To Substantive Equality : Due Process And Non-discrimination At San José (nadege Dorzema And Pacheco Tineo) / Lourdes Peroni -- Conclusion : The Way Forward. Marie-bénédicte Dembour. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.