ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book demonstrates anything, it is probably that the problem of the regional protection of asylum seekers is multi-faceted and defies easy solutions. There are as many general problems as there are region-specific ones besetting the protection of asylum seekers by regional systems, and it is nothing short of oversimplification to advocate the enactment of more laws or more regional enforcement machineries, such as courts and human rights courts, as a panacea. States will always vie for control over the governance of asylum issues despite the existence of community or regional laws which aim to unify the treatment of asylum seekers and regional enforcement mechanisms and hold States accountable when they breach their international obligations towards asylum seekers. Cooperation between individual States and regional organizations has begun in the areas of asylum protection.
