Increasingly, European and other Western States have sought to control the movement of refugees outside their borders. To do this, States have adopted a variety of measures, including carrier sanctions, the interception of migrants at sea, the posting of immigration officers in foreign countries, and the external processing of asylum-seekers. This book focuses on the legal implications of external mechanisms of migration control for the protection of refugees and irregular migrants. It explores how refugee and human rights law have responded to the new measures adopted by States, and how...
Increasingly, European and other Western States have sought to control the movement of refugees outside their borders. To do this, States have adopted...
