Access to asylum : international refugee law and the globalisation of migration control

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, New York : Cambridge University Press , c2013
Series:Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The refugee and te globalisation of migration control
  • 3. Refugee protection and the reach of the non-refoulement principle
  • 4. Offshore migration control and the concept of extraterritorial jurisdiction
  • 5. The privatisation of migration control and state responsibility
  • 6. 'Hic abundant leones' : the institutional reach of refugee protection
  • 7. Conclusion