Access to Asylum - International Refugee Law and the Globalisation of Migration Control (Hardcover)

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.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in International and Comparative Law
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2011
Authors:	Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	310
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-00347-7
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Refugees & political asylum Books > Law > International law > Public international law > International humanitarian law Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > Citizenship & nationality law > General
LSN:	1-107-00347-4
Barcode:	9781107003477

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