The End of Asylum? Ethics and the Future of Refugee Protection

Abstract

The institution of asylum is under threat. Nearly all countries in the Global North either have restricted access to their asylum systems or are planning to do so in the near future. They externalise migration control, bar asylum seekers from launching claims, and restrict the rights of refugees. In this context, this panel asks two related questions: 1) Are we witnessing an end to the institution of asylum? And, 2) What should the future of refugee protection look like in this context? The papers in this panel will thus offer theories that either explain why we witness the disappearance of asylum as a central institution of international politics, or offer normative accounts of how refugee protection should look like in the context of states limiting access to asylum and rights of refugees (or both). In short, it asks what the future of refugee protection is and what it should be.

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