Stefan Arnold and Bettina Heiderhoff (eds), <i>Children in Migration and International Family Law: The Child’s Best Interests Principle at the Interface of Migration Law and Family Law</i>

Abstract This edited collection of 20 individual chapters is the concluding academic output of the ‘Families on the Move’ (FAMIMOVE) research project, a two-year project launched in January 2023, carried out by a consortium of seven European universities and co-funded by the European Commission. FAMIMOVE focused on international family law and migration law, having the two-fold objectives of ‘depicting the intersections between these two areas of the law and seeking to contribute a better coordination between them’ (p 23). Despite some gaps in the analysis, which are discussed below, Children in Migration and International Family Law: The Child’s Best Interests Principle at the Interface of Migration Law and Family Law delivers on these objectives for academic and practitioner audiences. Within this volume, practitioners and educators will find accessible and in-depth chapters on important areas of European Union (EU) law, particularly the Brussels IIter Regulation (González Marimón), age assessment (Hüning), and aspects of family reunification (separate chapters by Voinich and Zaccaroni). Where the effects of EU legal regulation are felt less keenly, the case studies shed light on important points of divergence and convergence in the approaches of specific EU States. The eight, chapter-length domestic case studies are drawn from seven different jurisdictions, illustrating the diversity of contexts in which these questions are being addressed.