FIRST PRIZE WINNER OF THE SLS BIRKS PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP 2011How are we to assess and evaluate the quality of the tribunal systems that do the day-to-day work of adjudicating upon the disputes individuals have with government?
Whether motivated by humanitarianism or concern over "e;porous"e; borders, dominant commentary on migration in Europe has consistently focused on clandestine border crossings.
As more restrictive asylum policies are adopted around the world, Ghezelbash explores the implications for the international refugee protection regime.
This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current geopolitical context, more specifically for refugee women.
The Immigration Law Handbook has established itself as the gold standard in the field and has become an invaluable resource for immigration practitioners including Asylum and Immigration Tribunal judges, barristers, solicitors, and caseworkers working in immigration, asylum, and human rights law.
Since 1945 the United Kingdom has changed from a polity that was overwhelmingly white, ethnically British, and Christian to one constituted by creeds, cultures, and communities drawn from all over the globe.
This book provides insight into the realities of, and right to, asylum from the frontiers of refugee law, as observed by a key practitioner, academic and policy-maker in the field.
Policing the Borders Within offers an in-depth, comprehensive exploration of the everyday working of inland border controls in Britain, informed by extensive empirical material viewed through the lens of wide-ranging interdisciplinary debates.
This collection brings together legal scholars and Christian theologians for an interdisciplinary conversation responding to the challenges of global migration.
As the globalisation of migration intensifies, many countries have joined the international competition for the most talented, skilful, and resourceful workers.
Pursuing Citizenship in the Enforcement Era provides readers with the everyday perspectives of immigrants on what it is like to try to integrate into American society during a time when immigration policy is focused on enforcement and exclusion.
This book examines how states justify the creation of physical, policy and legislative barriers of entry for migrants by drawing on a concept of sovereignty.
This book analyzes how over the last two decades, immigration regimes in three primary refugee-receiving states in the Global North - Canada, Australia, and the United Kingdom - have engaged with allegations about witchcraft-driven violence made by asylum seekers coming from Anglophone countries across the African continent.
Methoden an Staatsgrenzen, die die Einreise von Migranten verhindern sollen, können von Pushbacks auf Hoher See, gewaltsamen Zurückweisungen an Landesgrenzen bis hin zu kompletten Grenzschließungen reichen.
Regulating the International Movement of Women interrogates the complex relationship between the state and the normative regulation of women who cross national borders.
This book brings together scholars from various disciplines to explore current issues and trends in the rethinking of migration and citizenship from the perspective of three major immigrant democracies - Australia, Canada, and the United States.
Economic interaction has enlarged the international trade in goods and services, but the safe and humane flow of persons across international borders remains a challenge in a State-based model of territorial jurisdictions.
The 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program was supposed to be a stepping stone, a policy innovation announced by the White House designed to put pressure on Congress for a broader, lasting set of legislative changes.