Refugee protection and solidarity : the duties of EU Member States / Eleonora Milazzo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Milazzo, Eleonora, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--European Union countries--History--21st century.

Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

'Refugee Protection and Solidarity' defines the duties that EU member states have towards each other in the field of refugee protection. It employs the analytical tools of normative political theory to bring moral clarity to a highly divisive debate on both principles and political feasibility.

Contents:

cover

titlepage

copyright

dedication

Acknowledgements

Contents

1 Introduction

A Problem Not of Space

Solidarity between Commitment and Reality

Overview of the Literature

Justice among States: From the World to the EU

Refugee Protection and Responsibility Sharing

A Normative Theory of Responsibility Shirking

Some Comments on the Methodological Approach

Outline of the Book

Part I. A Theory of Justice for Asylum Policies in the EU

2 Refugee Protection and Duties among States

Introduction

Some Definitions

Collective Responsibility

From Collective Responsibility to Perfect Duties

Interstate Duties for Refugee Protection

Conclusion

3 From the World to the EU

Reciprocity, the State, and the EU

Applying Reciprocity-based Duties to Refugee Protection in the EU

Three Objections

4 Refugee Protection and Interstate Solidarity in the EU

Solidarity as Co-responsibility

An Institutional Approach

The Meaning of Co-responsibility

The Duty to Act in Solidarity

Requirements of Solidarity

Empirical Considerations

Assurance and the Puzzle of Non-compliance

Part II. When Solidarity Fails

5 Responsibility Shirking in the EU

Defining Non-compliance

The Failure to Fulfil an Imperfect Duty

Responsibility Shirkers, Right-holders, and Beneficiaries

Modes of Responsibility Shirking

Attributional Responsibility Shirking

Substantive Responsibility Shirking

Procedural Responsibility Shirking

6 Justified or Excused?

How to Deal with Responsibility Shirking

The Dance Club Example

Justifications

1. We Are Acting on the Basis of the Duty of Non-refoulement

2. Granting Asylum in the EU Is Not the Answer.

3. Acting Unilaterally Is Our Prerogative

Excuses

4. Interstate Solidarity Puts National Solidarity at Risk

5. We Cannot Act in Solidarity Unless Others Do the Same

Part III. Taking Up the Slack

7 Doing More than One's Fair Share

The Fairness v. Effectiveness Dilemma

The Grounds of the Duty to Take Up the Slack

Enforcing the Duty to Take Up the Slack

Beyond a Compliance-based Approach

The Case of International Organizations

How Should the Duty Be Enforced?

A Coalition of Willing Slack Takers

8 Conclusions

Answers and Implications

A Multilayered Ethics of Asylum Governance

In Search of a Democratic Compass

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 22, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Milazzo, Eleonora Refugee Protection and Solidarity

ISBN:

0-19-198080-3

0-19-288573-1

0-19-288572-3

OCLC:

1377819819