States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection

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 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.

Part I: Conceptual Background
1. Access to Refugee Protection: Key Concepts and Contemporary Challenges 
Maria O'Sullivan and Dallal Stevens
2. Asylum in the Context of Immigration Control: Exclusion by Default or Design? 
Nadine El-Enany

Part II: Access to Territory 
3. Where Do State Responsibilities Begin and End? Border Exclusions and State Responsibility 
Júlia Iván
4. Access to International Protection: Border Issues in Turkey
Cavidan Soykan
5. Interdiction and Screening of Asylum Seekers at Sea: Implications for Asylum Justice 
Maria O'Sullivan
6. Detained at the Border: Obstacles to Entry for Central American Refugees in the United States 
Maggie Morgan and Deborah Anker

Part III: Access to Justice and a Refugee Status Determination Procedure
7. Accessing Fair and Efficient Asylum Procedures in the EU: Legal Safeguards and Loopholes in the Common European Asylum System 
Kris Pollet
8. The State of the Asylum System in South Africa 
Corey Johnson and Sergio Carciotto
9. Access to Asylum and Reception Conditions in Western Balkans: Focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia 
Selma Porobic and Drago ?uparic-Iljic
10. Access to Justice for Syrian Refugees in Lebanon 
Dallal Stevens
11. Accelerated Asylum Procedures in the United Kingdom and Australia: 'Fast Track' to Refoulement? 
Linda Kirk
12. Access to Asylum for Victims of Trafficking under a Human Rights-based Approach 
Nula Frei and Constantin Hruschka
13. States, the Law and Access to Refugee Protection: Concluding Reflections 
Dallal Stevens and Maria O'Sullivan