Yves Pascouau is associate senior research fellow at the Jacques Delors Institute and research at the University of Nantes where he holds the Schengen Chair created in the framework of the program Alliance Europa. Prior to joining the University of Nantes, he was director of the European Policy Centre. Holding a PhD in Law (Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour) Yves Pascouau’s researchs focuse on European and national immigration, asylum and integration policies.