On the Right of Exclusion: Law, Ethics and Immigration Policy addresses the current immigration laws and practices of Western states, and argues that if states cannot substantially justify the exclusion of an alien, the latter should be admitted.
Despite the international community’s attempts to offer a coordinated response to the issue of ‘human trafficking’ in the twenty first century, there ..
This book examines the extent to which the right to work for refugees and asylum-seekers is protected by international human rights law. This book exp..
Cultural Expertise and Litigation addresses the issues surrounding the legal role of social scientists that provide evidence in cases related to minor..
This book explores the possibility of a children’s rights approach to the interpretation of the Refugee Convention. It discusses to what extent the Co..
It is not often acknowledged that the great majority of African refugee movement happens within Africa rather than from Africa to the West. This book ..
This book explores the issues surrounding the best interests of the child in relation to unaccompanied minor migrants in Europe. It draws on anthropol..
This book addresses the question of whether the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) complies with the rights of the child. It contrasts the normative..
The central concern of this book is to find answers to fundamental questions about the British asylum system and how it operates. Based on ethnographi..
This book examines the rules governing the right to asylum in the European Union. Drawing on the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status..
In contrast to the claim that refugee law has been key in guaranteeing protection for refugees, this book argues that law has been instrumental in eli..
The first-ever continental binding treaty on internal displacement the African Union Convention on the Protection of and Assistance to Internally Disp..
Questions of gender have strongly influenced the development of international refugee law over the last few decades. This volume assesses the progress..