Counteracting Containment Policies in the EU

Safeguarding the Non-Refoulement Principle
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-032-08350-0
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm

Reihe: European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World

This monograph examines an individual’s right not to be returned to places where they may be in danger of serious human rights violations (termed “non-refoulement”). It argues that EU asylum practices can lead to a failure to observe this important right. As dire consequences can result if individuals are returned to places where they may face death, torture, or other cruel treatment, the European asylum system must comply with non-refoulement. However, EU countries use various tactics, including legal measures, to “contain” asylum claimants and refugees to other countries and to evade their responsibilities to observe non-refoulement under international and European law. These ‘containment’ strategies are demonstrated in two case study examples: the United Kingdom and Germany. In the first example, the United Kingdom returns asylum claimants and refugees back to transit countries where they did not claim asylum. This method of ‘containing’ asylum claimants and refugees effectively increases the chances of them being indirectly returned to face violations of human rights. In the second example, Germany returns these claimants and refugees through transfer processes back to another EU country by relying solely on guarantees from national governments. This effectively “contains” the claimants and refugees outside of Germany, again increasing the risks of human rights violations.   As violence and conflicts persist, this book contributes to existing literature by providing human rights law analysis with a unique lens of ‘containment’.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Poon, Jenny

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Verwaltungs-, Umwelt- und Gesundheitsrecht
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Sicherheitsrecht Ausländerrecht, Asylrecht, Flüchtlingsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Setting the Stage.- Chapter 2:  Protection under International and European Refugee Law.- Chapter 3: The Common European Asylum System and Chapter 4: Containment in Europe.- Chapter 5: The United Kingdom and Chapter 6: Germany and Chapter 7: Conclusion: Protecting Chapter 8: Bibliography.

Über Autor(innen)

Jenny Poon has a Ph.D. in International Refugee Law from Western Law and is a Scholar-Practitioner-Activist in the field of immigration and refugee law, spanning academia, government, and not-for-profit sectors both in Canada and abroad, with specializations in immigration, administrative law, and human rights law.