Access to asylum : international refugee law and the globalisation of migration control / Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen.
2011
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Access to asylum : international refugee law and the globalisation of migration control / Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen.
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description
1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Series
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law (Cambridge, England : 1996) ; 77.
Formatted Contents Note
The refugee and the globalisation of migration control
Refugee protection and the reach of the non-refoulement principle
Offshore migration control and the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction
The privatisation of migration control and state responsibility
"Hic abundant leones": the institutional reach of refugee protection.
Refugee protection and the reach of the non-refoulement principle
Offshore migration control and the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction
The privatisation of migration control and state responsibility
"Hic abundant leones": the institutional reach of refugee protection.
Summary
Is there still a right to seek asylum in a globalised world? Migration control has increasingly moved to the high seas or the territory of transit and origin countries, and is now commonly outsourced to private actors. Under threat of financial penalties airlines today reject any passenger not in possession of a valid visa, and private contractors are used to run detention centres and man border crossings. In this volume Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen examines the impact of these new practices for refugees' access to asylum. A systematic analysis is provided of the reach and limits of international refugee law when migration control is carried out extraterritorially or by non-state actors. State practice from around the globe and case law from all the major human rights institutions is discussed. The arguments are further linked to wider debates in human rights, general international law and political science.
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Cambridge Core.
Language
English
ISBN
9780511763403 ebook
9781107003477 (hardback)
9781107621558 (paperback)
9781107003477 (hardback)
9781107621558 (paperback)
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