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Refugee Protection and the Role of Law
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ABSTRACT
Sixty years on from the signing of the Refugee Convention, forced migration and refugee movements continue to raise global concerns for hosting states and regions, for countries of origin, for humanitarian organisations on the ground, and, of course, for the refugee. This edited volume is framed around two themes which go to the core of contemporary ‘refugeehood’: protection and identity. It analyses how the issue of refugee identity is shaped by and responds to the legal regime of refugee protection in contemporary times.
The book investigates the premise that there is a narrowing of protection space in many countries and many highly visible incidents of refoulement. It argues that ‘Protection’, which is a core focus of the Refugee Convention, appears to be under threat, as there are many gaps and inconsistencies in practice.
Contributors to the volume, who include Erika Feller, Elspeth Guild, Hélène Lambert and Roger Zetter, look at the relevant issues from the perspective of a number of different disciplines including law, politics, sociology, and anthropology. The chapters examine the link between identity and protection as a basis for understanding how the Refugee Convention has been and is being applied in policy and practice. The situation in a number of jurisdictions and regions in Europe, North America, South East Asia, Africa and the Middle East is explored in order to ask the question does jurisprudence under the Refugee Convention need better coordination and how successful is oversight of the Convention?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 60|2 pages
PART I Refugee law and protection: fit for purpose 60 years on?
chapter 1|19 pages
Confl icting identities, protection and the role of law
chapter 2|14 pages
Creating identities, diminishing protection and the securitisation of asylum in Europe
chapter 3|20 pages
Rights and the re-identifi ed refugee: an analysis of recent shifts in Canadian law
chapter 4|15 pages
The Refugee Convention at 60: still fi t for purpose? Protection tools for protection needs
part |2 pages
PART II Refugee identities and protection: historical shifts
chapter 5|25 pages
Shifting conceptions of refugee identity and protection: European and Middle Eastern approaches
chapter 7|27 pages
Identifying asylum seekers as potential refugees: transfers and ‘acquired rights’ under the Refugee Convention
part |2 pages
PART III Law, power and refugee identity: macro and state perspectives
chapter 8|23 pages
Confl icting identities and securitisation in refugee law: lessons from the EU
chapter 10|12 pages
Transnational law and refugee identity: the worldwide effect of European norms
part |2 pages
PART IV Refugee identities and protection: micro, social and individual perspectives
chapter 11|18 pages
Ambivalent policies, uncertain identities: asylum-seeking families in Sweden
chapter 12|16 pages
Better than our fears? Refugees in Italy: between rhetorics of exclusion and local projects of inclusion
chapter 13|20 pages
Moving beyond protection space: developing a law of asylum in South-East Asia
part |2 pages
PART V