Refuge Lost: Asylum Law in an Interdependent World (Cambridge Asylum and Migration Studies) - Hardcover

Ghezelbash, Daniel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1108425259 ISBN 13: 9781108425254

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2018

Synopsis

As Europe deals with a so-called 'refugee crisis', Australia's harsh border control policies have been suggested as a possible model for Europe to copy. Key measures of this system such as long-term mandatory detention, intercepting and turning boats around at sea, and the extraterritorial processing of asylum claims were actually used in the United States long before they were adopted in Australia. The book examines the process through which these policies spread between the United States and Australia and the way the courts in each jurisdiction have dealt with the measures. Daniel Ghezelbash's innovative interdisciplinary analysis shows how policies and practices that 'work' in one country might not work in another. This timely book is a must-read for those interested in preserving the institution of asylum in a volatile international and domestic political climate.

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About the Author

Daniel Ghezelbash is a senior lecturer at Macquarie Law School, Sydney, Australia, where he teaches and researches in the areas of refugee and immigration law, human rights and administrative law. He is a practicing refugee lawyer and the director and founder of the Macquarie University Social Justice Law Clinic.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108425259
• ISBN 13: 9781108425254
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224