Although the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol do not apply to Hong Kong, asylum seekers have challenged Hong Kongs lack of an adequate refugee policy in a series of judicial review actions grounded in human rights and common law principles. This article focuses on two cases in particular … Continue reading Human rights, non-refoulement and the protection of refugees in Hong Kong.
The issue that is examined in this article is whether the Australian model of extraterritorial processing is one that provides effective protection to asylum seekers. The legal foundation of the Pacific Strategy was by means of new interdiction powers and an extension of the notion of safe third country. Three issues are examined: the first … Continue reading The Pacific plan: The provision of effective protection?
The principal focus of this paper is on interdiction at sea, in the Caribbean, by the United States. It is directed against one particular group of boat people Haitians. There will, however, be some brief references to related United States programs and to US interdiction of non-Haitians. Haitian asylum seekers … Continue reading The USA and the Caribbean Interdiction Program
The article considers the prospects for a Mediterranean Solution to address European Union (EU) concerns with transit migration from Sub-Saharan Africa via the Maghreb states and the Southern Mediterranean. It highlights how, in focusing almost exclusively on exclusion and interdiction, the current transit country-focused proposals and approaches of the EU fail to address the underlying … Continue reading Towards a Mediterraneans solution? Implications for the region of origin
The article considers the prospects for a Mediterranean Solution to address European Union (EU) concerns with transit migration from Sub-Saharan Africa via the Maghreb states and the Southern Mediterranean. It highlights how, in focusing almost exclusively on exclusion and interdiction, the current transit country-focused proposals and approaches of the EU fail to address the underlying … Continue reading Towards a Mediterranean solution? Implications for the region of origin
McAdam, J. (2011). Swimming against the tide: Why a climate change displacement treaty is not the answer. International Journal of Refugee Law 23(1): 2-27. http://ijrl.oxfordjournals.org/content/23/1/2. abstract Drawing on field work in Tuvalu, Kiribati and Bangladesh, this article argues that advocacy for a new treaty to address climate change-related movement is presently misplaced for a number … Continue reading Swimming against the tide: Why a climate change displacement treaty is not the answer