States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection : Fortresses and Fairness.

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Part I: Conceptual Background -- 1 -- Access to Refugee Protection -- I. Introduction -- II. Background: "Asylum" and "Refugee Protection -- III. States, Access to Territory and the Law -- IV. "Asylum Justice" and Contemporary Due Process Challenges -- V. Conclusion -- 2 -- Asylum in the Context of Immigration Control -- I. Introduction -- II. The Limits of the Refugee Convention -- III. The Impact of "Fortress Europe" on Protection -- IV. The Migrant and the Refugee: A Costly Distinction -- V. Alan Kurdi: The Human Refugee -- VI. Conclusion: Racism, Exclusion and Blaming the Victim -- Part II: Access to Territory -- 3 -- Where Do State Responsibilities Begin and End? -- I. Introduction -- II. The Application of Human Rights Law to Borders -- III. The Border Monitoring Experience in Hungary 2007-13: Difficulties in Accessing Protection -- IV. The Change of Practice in 2013-14: Towards a More Comprehensive Border Control Practice -- V. Building a Physical and Legal Fence: Closure of Hungary"s Southern Borders -- VI. Litigation and Follow-up of the Cases of Removed Refugees and Migrants -- VII. Conclusions -- 4 -- Access to International Protection -- I. Background and Context -- II. The Current Situation and the New Law -- III. Access to Physical Territory: Problems at the Turkish Borders -- IV. Barriers to Accessing Asylum Justice: The Role of the UNHCR in Turkey -- V. UNHCR"S Limited Access to Removal Centres -- VI. Conclusion -- 5 -- Interdiction and Screening of Asylum Seekers at Sea -- I. Introduction -- II. Relevant Legal Principles -- III. Screening at Sea and Fairness-State Practice -- IV. ANALYSIS -- V. Conclusion -- 6 -- Detained at the Border -- I. Introduction -- II. Overview of Central American Refugee Migration to the United States.

III. Primary Causes of Flight from Central America -- Iv. Crossing the Border: Obstacles to Entry for Central American Refugees -- V. Conclusion -- Part III: Access to Justice and a Refugee Status Determination Procedure -- 7 -- Accessing Fair and Efficient Asylum Procedures in the EU -- I. Introduction -- II. Access to Protection at the EU External Borders: Safeguards and Gaps in the EU Legal Framework -- III. Access to the Asylum Procedure and Ensuring Quality of Decision-making -- IV. Access to a Fair and Efficient Asylum Procedure in Practice in Selected EU Member States -- V. Conclusion -- 8 -- The State of the Asylum System in South Africa -- I. Introduction -- II. Legal Framework: 1998-2014 -- III. Restricting Access: Policies and Practice -- IV. Policy Shift: The "New Paradigm -- V. Conclusion -- 9 -- Access to Asylum and Reception Conditions in Western Balkans -- I. Introduction -- II. Development of Asylum Systems and the Role of External Conditioning -- III. Access to Asylum and Refugee Status Determination -- IV. Enabling Protection: Refugees" Recognition Rates -- V. Reception Conditions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia -- VI. Discussion and Conclusion -- 10 -- Access to Justice for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon -- I. Introduction -- II. Legal Background -- III. Refugee Presence, Policy and Access to Process -- IV. Conditions and Consequences -- V. Conclusion -- 11 -- Accelerated Asylum Procedures in the United Kingdom and Australia -- I. Introduction -- II. United Kingdom -- III. Australia -- IV. Conclusion -- 12 -- Access to Asylum for Victims of Trafficking under a Human Rights-based Approach -- I. Introduction -- II. The Human Rights Framework for Victims of Human Trafficking -- III. Identification of Victims of Trafficking in Asylum Procedures -- IV. Access to the Asylum Procedure -- V. Access to International Protection.

VI. Solutions -- 13 -- States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection -- I. Introduction -- II. Access to Territory -- III. Access to Asylum Procedures -- IV. Conclusion -- Index.

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