The securitization of humanitarian migration [ digging moats and sinking boats

Examines how western liberal states are progressively restricting access to refugees and asylum seekers, even though these states have signed international agreements obliging them to offer protection to those fleeing persecution and to advocate the spread of human rights and humanitarian principles

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Scott D. , 1974- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon;New York : Routledge , c2009
Series:Routledge advances in international relations and global politics 74
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Online Access:NetLibrary
Description
Summary:Examines how western liberal states are progressively restricting access to refugees and asylum seekers, even though these states have signed international agreements obliging them to offer protection to those fleeing persecution and to advocate the spread of human rights and humanitarian principles
Item Description:Description based on print version record
Physical Description:1 online resource (183 p.)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0203876792 (Master e-book)
9780203876794 (ebook)
9780415496902 (cloth : alk. paper)