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Book Review: New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Participation in an Enlarged European Union , edited by Rosemary Byrne, Gregor Noll and Jens Vedsted-Hansen .( Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2002)

Book Review: New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Participation in an Enlarged... Rosemary Byrne, Gregor Noll and Jens Vedsted-Hansen (eds), New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Participation in an Enlarged European Union (Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2002), ISBN 90-411-1753-9 (hbk), GBP79.00, xx+463pp. Few issues have attracted both the degree of controversy and the potential to elicit nervousness at governmental level than asylum. At a basic level, asylum can be understood as a point at which international human rights encounter the sovereign authority of states to determine who enters their territory. EU Member States have maintained their commitment to the right to asylum as enshrined in national and international laws. But this commitment has become increasingly symbolic rather than substantive since the late 1980s as there have been strenuous efforts motivated by increased numbers of asylum-seekers to reduce the ability of people to actually get into EU Member States and exercise this right. These restrictions have been accompanied by a political construction of the `bogus asylum seeker' (and since 9/11 the potential terrorist) that have had major effects on public perceptions of asylum seekers. Moreover, this intense politicization has been accompanied by subtle changes in the relationship between states and the international system as a result of European integration http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png European Foreign Affairs Review Kluwer Law International

Book Review: New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Participation in an Enlarged European Union , edited by Rosemary Byrne, Gregor Noll and Jens Vedsted-Hansen .( Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2002)

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European Foreign Affairs Review , Volume 8 (1) – Mar 1, 2003
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Rosemary Byrne, Gregor Noll and Jens Vedsted-Hansen (eds), New Asylum Countries?: Migration Control and Refugee Participation in an Enlarged European Union (Kluwer Law International, The Hague, 2002), ISBN 90-411-1753-9 (hbk), GBP79.00, xx+463pp. Few issues have attracted both the degree of controversy and the potential to elicit nervousness at governmental level than asylum. At a basic level, asylum can be understood as a point at which international human rights encounter the sovereign authority of states to determine who enters their territory. EU Member States have maintained their commitment to the right to asylum as enshrined in national and international laws. But this commitment has become increasingly symbolic rather than substantive since the late 1980s as there have been strenuous efforts motivated by increased numbers of asylum-seekers to reduce the ability of people to actually get into EU Member States and exercise this right. These restrictions have been accompanied by a political construction of the `bogus asylum seeker' (and since 9/11 the potential terrorist) that have had major effects on public perceptions of asylum seekers. Moreover, this intense politicization has been accompanied by subtle changes in the relationship between states and the international system as a result of European integration

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European Foreign Affairs Review – Kluwer Law International

Published: Mar 1, 2003

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