Asylum law

The Immigration Law Handbook brings together the key materials relevant to Immigration and Asylum Law in one volume, providing an essential reference tool for those working in the area. Key changes in this edition include updates relating to the UK's withdrawal from the European Union, and changes to the Rules resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn More

This book addresses historical issues of colonialism and race, which influenced the formation of multicultural society in Mauritius. It presents a legal analysis of core historical events, drawing on an in-depth examination of the two labour systems through which the island came to be populated: slavery and indentured labour. Learn More

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The Development of British Immigration Law (1986) examines the policies and laws of immigration law in the UK. Particular aspects of the subject are examined in depth to illustrate the attitudes of government, the courts and civil servants. Learn More

This book addresses the impact of a range of destabilising issues on minority rights in Europe and North America. Learn More

Who are the perpetrators of modern slavery? Why do they exploit others and what might be done to stop that exploitation? Reporting on the first primary study of modern slavery offenders, the book depicts the findings of in-depth interviews with people accused of, and convicted for, committing modern slavery offences Learn More

This book focuses on border deaths at sea and unravels how the interplay of the law of the sea and rules on jurisdiction widen the opportunity for states to make and enforce rules outside their territory. It questions whether this is also accompanied with an obligation to respect the right to life under the ECHR when doing so. Learn More

This book examines how the European Convention of Human Rights system and the Strasbourg Court interact with states and non-governmental actors to influence domestic change, focusing on European Court of Human Rights litigation and state implementation of judgments related to minority discrimination and asylum/migration. Learn More

Unaccompanied child asylum seekers are amongst the world's most vulnerable populations and their numbers are increasing. This book reconceptualises the relationship between unaccompanied child asylum seekers and states. Learn More

The Constitutionalization of Human Rights Law analyses how lawyers representing refugees use human rights provisions in national constitutions to close the gap between the Law and its implementation. The book examines how laws are adapted to suit social, political, and legal contexts, focusing on Colombia, Mexico, South Africa, Uganda, and the US. Learn More

Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are persons who have been forced to leave their places of residence due to armed conflict, human rights violations, and natural or man-made disasters, but who have not crossed an international border. This book explores to what extent the protection of IDPs complements or conflicts with international refugee law. Learn More

This book provides an interdisciplinary, agenda-setting survey of migration-development, charting current and future trends in migration and development research. This book will be of interest to policy makers and to students and researchers of geography, development studies, political science, sociology and economics. Learn More

This book explores the extent to which those suffering from forced cross-border displacement as a result of environmental change are protected under international law. Learn More

This book examines how state borders are increasingly being replaced by internal controls in the form of state bureaucracies as a means of regulating westward migration within the EU. It discusses the changes in control societies and how targeted surveillance as a geopolitical tool leads to new digitalised mechanisms of population selection. Learn More