Borderline justice : the fight for refugee and migrant rights / Frances Webber ; foreword by Gareth Peirce.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Webber, Frances.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Immigration enforcement--Great Britain.

Immigration enforcement--Government policy--Great Britain.

Border security--Great Britain.

Border security--Government policy--Great Britain.

Political refugees--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.

Emigration and immigration law--Great Britain.

Emigration and immigration law.

Emigration and immigration.

Government policy.

Political refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Border security.

Immigration enforcement.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

Physical Description:

x, 246 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2012.

Summary:

Frances Webber, a legal practitioner with over 30 years experience, provides a unique insight into how the law has been applied to migrants, refugees and other 'unpopular minorities'. The book records some of the key legal struggles of the past thirty years which have sought to preserve values of universality in human rights - and the importance of continuing to fight for those values, inside and outside the courtroom. Book jacket.

Contents:

Arrival: contest at the border

The war on asylum: preventing entry

Struggles for fair decision-making

You're not a refugee!

Stay: battles for fair treatment

The erosion of the law of humanity

Migration management in the market state

The fight for family life

Prisoners of immigration control

Departure: resisting total controls and mass removal

The growth of the internal border force

The deportation drive

Enemies of the state.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745331638

0745331637

9780745331645

0745331645

OCLC:

794363163