Table of Contents
List of Tables List of Contributors Acknowledgements
Introduction: Regionalism as a Response to a Global Challenge Susan Kneebone and Felicity Rawlings-Sanaei
- Old regionalism: development of the international refugee protection system
- The 1969 Organisation of African Unity Convention
- The Cartagena Declaration
- The Comprehensive Plan of Action
- New Regionalism: UNHCR’s Convention Plus and Agenda for Protection
Chapter 1. The Migration–Asylum Nexus and Regional Approaches Stephen Castles
- Introduction
- What is the migration–asylum nexus?
- Notes for a political economy of forced migration
- Regional responses
- Conclusion
Chapter 2. Strategies, Stories and Smuggling: Inter-regional Asylum Flows and Their Implications for Regional Responses Khalid Koser
- Introduction
- Methodology
- The impact of asylum and immigration policies and procedures
- The role of social networks
- The growing significance of smuggling
- Implications of regional responses
Chapter 3. Forced Migration, Engineered Regionalism and Justice between States Matthew J. Gibney
- Introduction
- History
- The need for justice amongst states
- The commodification objection
- Conclusion
Chapter 4. The Europeanization of Refugee Policy Joanne van Selm
- Introduction
- What do we mean by Europe?
- How does Europe relate to the Refugees Convention refugee ‘policy regime’?
- What distinctions are there in national refugee policies across Europe?
- The European level: a Europeanized refugee policy?
- The future: a Europeanized refugee policy?
- Conclusion
Chapter 5. Europeanization of Citizenship and Asylum Policy: a Case Study of the U.K. Nazila Ghanea
- Introduction
- EU policies on free movement, citizenship and nationality: the 1992 Maastricht Treaty and 1997 Amsterdam Treaty
- Free movement, citizenship, nationality and the development of EU asylum policy
- EU laws and policies and the impact of such on the situation of asylum in the U.K.
Chapter 6. North American Responses: a Comparative Study of U.S. and Canadian Refugee Policy François Crepéau and Stephen H. Legomsky
- Introduction
- The Canadian refugee process
- The United States refugee process
- Canada–U.S. cooperation on immigration and border control issues
- Conclusion
Chapter 7. Australia, Indonesia and the Pacific Plan Susan Kneebone and Sharon Pickering
- Introduction
- Australia’s refugee policy: from the CPA to Tampa
- Indonesia and the Pacific Strategy
- Protection under the Pacific Strategy
- Conclusion
Chapter 8. New Regionalisms, New Migrations and New Regulations in Africa: Asylum Seekers, Diasporas and Development at the Start of a New Century Timothy M. Shaw
- Introduction
- Migrations and globalizations in Africa
- Migrations and the ‘new’ Africas
- ‘New’ regionalisms and contemporary migration
- Towards ‘new’ African regime(s) for migration at the start of the twenty-first century?
- New security dilemmas
- Implications for analysis and policy
Chapter 9. Regionalism, Human Rights and Forced Migration Colin Harvey
- Introduction
- International refugee law and human rights protection
- Global, regional and national interactions
- Conclusion
Chapter 10. Conclusion: Challenges Ahead Susan Kneebone
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