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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825531803321

Autore

Gammeltoft-Hansen Thomas

Titolo

Access to asylum : international refugee law and the globalisation of migration control / / Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-107-22076-9

1-139-01270-3

1-139-00691-6

1-283-01730-X

9786613017307

1-139-00964-8

1-139-01017-4

1-139-00802-1

0-511-76340-9

1-139-00912-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 284 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ; ; 77

Classificazione

POL035010

Disciplina

342.08/3

Soggetti

Asylum, Right of

Political refugees - Legal status, laws, etc

Law and globalization

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.