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IJRL on the OUPblog
Fences, fortresses, and fortifications: What (not) to do about contemporary refugee flows?
Andreas Schloenhardt discusses the measures and policies being adopted around the world to stop migrants from entering their borders, and why we need more meaningful mechanisms.
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Why hasn’t the rise of new media transformed refugee status determination?
Read this contribution from Rosemary Byrne on the under-realization of emergent technologies on refugee status determination.
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Is asylum a principle of the liberaldemocratic state?
“International law is not only aboutwritten rules, but also about unwritten principles.”
Read María-Teresa Gil-Bazo’s contributionto the OUPblog here.
Why Edward Snowden never had a right to asylum
Extradition and deportation are twodifferent processes, and the media often fail to make the distinction. GeoffGilbert looks at the case of Edward Snowden in particular in this contribution.