Boat refugees and migrants at sea : a comprehensive approach : integrating maritime security with human rights /

This book aims to address 'boat migration' with a holistic approach. The different chapters consider the multiple facets of the phenomenon and the complex challenges they pose, bringing together knowledge from several disciplines and regions of the world within a single collection. Togethe...

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Other Authors: Moreno Lax, Violeta (Editor), Papastavridis, Efthymios (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill/NIjhoff, [2017]
Series:International refugee law series v. 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • Setting the scene : refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants at sea : the need for a long-term, protection-centred vision / Guy S. Goodwin-Gill
  • A maritime security framework for the legal dimensions of irregular migration by sea / Natalie Klein
  • The perfect storm : sovereignty games and the law and politics of boat migration / Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen
  • Who is the 'boat migrant'? challenging the anonymity of death by border-sea / Tamara Last
  • The migrant smuggling protocol and the need for a multi-faceted approach : inter-sectionality and multi-actor cooperation / Jean-Pierre Gauci and Patricia Mallia
  • Boat migrants as the victims of human trafficking : exploring key obligations through a human-rights based approach / Tom Obokata
  • Transnational crime and the rule of law at sea : responses to maritime migration and piracy compared / Douglas Guilfoyle
  • Interception of migrant boats at sea / Jasmine Coppens-- The duty to assist persons in distress : an alternative source of protection against the return of migrants and asylum seekers to the high seas? / Lisa-Marie Komp
  • Access to asylum at sea? Non-refoulement and a comprehensive approach to extraterritorial human rights obligations / Mariagiulia Giuffre
  • Responses to 'boat migration' : a global perspective
  • US practices / Niels Frenzen
  • The (un-)sustainability of Australia's offshore processing and settlement policy / Claire Higgins
  • Leave and let die : the EU banopticon approach to migrants at sea / Marie-Laure Basilien-Gainche
  • Into Africa : 'boat people' in Sub-Saharan Africa / Cristiano D'Orsi, Sergio Carciotto, and Corey R. Johnson
  • The EU external borders policy and frontex-coordinated operations at sea : who is in charge? Reflections on responsibility for wrongful acts / Maite Fernandez-- An examination of the comprehensive plan of action as a response to mass influx of 'boat people' : lessons learnt for a comprehensive approach to migration by sea / Meltem Ineli-Ciger
  • Conclusion : closing remarks : the present and future of 'boat refugees' and migrants at sea / Anja Klug.