As the Covid-19 pandemic has tightened its grip on many western states, many refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants continue to be detained in reception and detention centres, without any prospect of release. With asylum processing at a standstill and returns to countries of origin on hold, detention of these individuals risks becoming arbitrary, if not inhumane.
Publications
PROTECT Final Outputs Final Comparative Study: The Right to International Protection. A Pendulum between Globalization and Nativization? Final Policy Brief: Lost in Migration. Which Policies are Needed to Safeguard the International Protection System? PROTECT Knowledgebase Short policy briefs The full-length policy briefs may be found here. WP2 Policy briefing on protection seeking migrants WP3 Policy […]
What are we up to? The UN’s 1951 Refugee Convention and the EU’s Common European Asylum Policy lack instruments to facilitate inter-state collaboration during refugee crises. Neither specifies how state policies and governance should be devised to achieve this goal despite the diversity of state policies being a major reason for the decay of international […]