States, the law and access to refugee protection : fortresses and fairness / edited by Maria O'Sullivan and Dallal Stevens.

"This book brings together a number of commissioned contributions by leading commentators in the field of asylum law, including a selection of the best papers presented at an international conference ... on refugee law and policy at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy in 2014 entitled "Access to Asylum: Current Challenges and Future Directions"--ECIP Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access to refugee protection : key concepts and contemporary challenges / Maria O'Sullivan and Dallal Stevens -- Asylum in the context of immigration control : exclusion by default or design? / Nadine El-Enany -- Where do state responsibilities begin and end? : border exclusions and state responsibility / Júlia Iván -- Access to international protection : border issues in Turkey / Cavidan Soykan -- Interdiction and screening of asylum seekers at sea : implications for asylum justice / Maria O'Sullivan -- Detained at the border : obstacles to entry for Central American refugees in the United States / Maggie Morgan and Deborah Anker -- Accessing fair and efficient asylum procedures in the EU : legal safeguards and loopholes in the common European asylum system / Kris Pollet -- The state of the asylum system in South Africa / Corey Johnson and Sergio Carciotto -- Access to asylum and reception conditions in western Balkans : focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia / Selma Porobic and Drago Župaric-Iljic -- Access to justice for Syrian refugees in Lebanon / Dallal Stevens -- Accelerated asylum procedures in the United Kingdom and Australia : "fast track" to refoulement? / Linda Kirk -- Access to asylum procedures for victims of trafficking under a human rights-based approach / Nula Frei and Constantin Hruschka -- States, the law and access to refugee protection : concluding reflections / Dallal Stevens and Maria O'Sullivan.

"This timely volume seeks to examine two of the most pertinent current challenges faced by asylum seekers in gaining access to international refugee protection: first, the obstacles to physical access to territory and, second, the barriers to accessing a quality asylum procedure--which the editors have termed 'access to asylum justice'. To address these aims, the book brings together leading commentators from a range of backgrounds, including law, sociology and political science. It also includes contributions from NGO practitioners. This allows the collection to offer interdisciplinary analysis and to incorporate both theoretical and practical perspectives on questions of immense contemporary significance. While the examination offers a strong focus on European legal and policy developments, the book also addresses the issues in different regions (Europe, North America, the Middle East, Africa and Australia). Given the currency of the questions under debate, this book will be essential reading for all scholars in the field of asylum law."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

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