ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book aims to challenge the standard narrative that explains the downfall of the refugee as a function of the corruption of the international refugee law regime. It outlines the key elements of asylum as it had been practised in Ancient Greece, Rome, the early Church and medieval England. The book highlights key instances where law had attempted to regulate asylum. It attempts to show that the primary concerns that drove the birth and development of modern refugee law were about managing and controlling the movements of forced migrants rather than concern for them. The book attempts to recreate spaces beyond the reach of law, and to facilitate the reconfiguration of subjectivities away from the deadening ones imposed by law. It also describes few aspects, which are telescoped through the lens of the Sanctuary Movement and the Sans-Papiers, and their relationship to law.
