New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Protection in an Enlarged European Union

Byrne, Rosemary (Editor)/ Noll, Gregor (Editor)/ Vedsted-Hansen, Jens (Editor)

ISBN 10: 9041117539 / ISBN 13: 9789041117533

Published by Martinus Nijhoff, 2002

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1st edition. 484 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Protection in an Enlarged European Union
• Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9041117539
• ISBN 13: 9789041117533
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

How is access to asylum and other forms of extraterritorial protection regulated in the European Union? Is the EU acquis in these areas in conformity with international law? Which tools does international law offer to solve collisions between both? And, finally, is law capable of bridging the foundational oppositions embedded in migration and asylum issues?This volume is about the transformation of asylum in Europe in the context of the EU enlargement process. This transformation involves norms, as well as the procedures and resources for their implementation. In the candidate countries, as in the west, the process of transformations is marked by the tension between the interests of protection and migration control. Through their comprehensive analysis, the authors illuminate the legal and political dynamics which underlie this tension. Chapters trace the complex patterns of national, sub-regional and EU law and policy that are driving the future of asylum in an expanded Europe. This allows for reflection on what the transformation process tells us about the current EU asylum acquis, and what it tells us about the prospects for refugee protection in the new frontier states and beyond. This book is the result of a three year study carried out by academics and practitioners from the candidate countries, current Member States, and international organizations. It explores the evolution of refugee policy and practice in a changing Europe.

About the Author

Rosemary Byrne, is a lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, and the Director of the International Process and Justice Project, which observes trials at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Gregor Noll, works as research director at the Danish Centre for Human Rights, Copenhagen, Denmark, and is the editor-in-chief of the Nordic Journal of International Law. Jens Vested-Hansen, is a professor of human rights law at the University of Aarhus Law School, Denmark.