States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection
Subtitle: Fortresses and Fairness
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781509901289
Subjects: Refugees, legal status, laws, etc.; Refugees, government policy
Description: "This timely volume seeks to examine two of the most pertinent current challenges faced by asylum seekers in gaining access to international refugee protection: first, the obstacles to physical access to territory and, second, the barriers to accessing a quality asylum procedure--which the editors have termed 'access to asylum justice'. To address these aims, the book brings together leading commentators from a range of backgrounds, including law, sociology and political science. It also includes contributions from NGO practitioners. This allows the collection to offer interdisciplinary analysis and to incorporate both theoretical and practical perspectives on questions of immense contemporary significance. While the examination offers a strong focus on European legal and policy developments, the book also addresses the issues in different regions (Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Australia). Given the currency of the questions under debate, this book will be essential reading for all scholars in the field of asylum law."--Bloomsbury Publishing.