Disaster Displacement and International Protection in the EU : Challenges, Misconceptions, and the Way Forward.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Scissa, Chiara.

Series:

Trends and Perspectives in International Politics Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Services for--European Union countries.

Refugees.

Emergency management--European Union countries.

Emergency management.

Environmental disasters--European Union countries.

Environmental disasters.

Human rights--European Union countries.

Human rights.

Disaster relief--European Union countries.

Disaster relief.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2026.

Summary:

Through a comprehensive and detailed analysis, it sheds light on the challenges and misconceptions faced by individuals displaced across borders due to disasters. It offers a thorough examination of existing legislation, policies, and case law at both the national and EU levels, with a particular focus on Italy.

Contents:

Cover

Endorsement Page

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Table of Contents

Foreword

Ringraziamenti

Acknowledgments

Introduction

I.1 Introduction

I.2 Conceptual framework

I.2.1 Vulnerability: A taxonomy

I.2.2 Vulnerability as a conceptual lens

I.3 Structure of the book

Chapter 1: Misconceptions of disaster displacement

1.1 Introduction: Features of disaster displacement

1.2 Legal frameworks concerning disasters and disaster displacement

1.2.1 Blurry boundaries: Different definitions of "disasters" at the international level

1.2.2 Disasters' legal and operational frameworks at the EU level

1.2.3 Disaster displacement in international frameworks

1.2.4 Disaster displacement in the EU legal order

1.2.4.1 Disaster displacement in EU security policy

1.2.4.2 Disaster displacement in EU migration policy

1.2.4.3 Disaster displacement in EU climate policy

1.3 Framing disasters through vulnerability lenses

1.4 Rethinking the impact of disaster displacement through vulnerability lenses

1.5 Disaster displacement due to man-made hazards

1.6 Concluding remarks

Chapter 2: Challenges in applying and interpreting international protection in the context of disaster displacement

2.1 Introduction: EU asylum law

2.1.1 The Qualification Directive: Drifting international refugee law and EU asylum law apart

2.1.2 The refugee definition: Interpretations and relevant judicial developments by the CJEU

2.1.3 The lights and shadows of the principle of non-refoulement

2.2 A detailed definition of "persecution"

2.3 "It's a no go": Disaster displacement's exclusion from the refugee status

2.3.1 Implications

2.4 The Internal Protection Alternative

2.4.1 The IPA under the Qualification Regulation.

2.4.2 The IPA and the risk of indirect refoulement

2.5 "Not severe enough": Disasters and the Internal Protection Alternative

2.5.1 Implications

2.6 Subsidiary protection

2.7 Serious harm

2.7.1 Article 15a

2.7.2 Article 15b

2.7.2.1 The case of M'Bodj

2.7.2.2 The case of MP

2.7.2.3 Setting a precedent: The restrictive turn of the ECtHR

2.7.3 Article 15c

2.8 "Not in the list": Disaster displacement as falling beyond subsidiary protection

2.8.1 Implications

2.9 Concluding remarks

Chapter 3: State-led barriers to asylum and disaster displacement

3.1 Introduction: Disaster displacement and access to protection

3.2 Deterrence paradigm in EU migration and asylum policies

3.3 Departure prevention

3.3.1 National development cooperation strategies

3.3.2 Implications

3.4 Non-admission policies

3.4.1 The "safe country notion" in the Asylum Procedures Regulation

3.4.1.1 Effective protection

3.4.1.2 Expanded scope and restricted safeguards

3.4.1.3 Fast track procedures

3.4.1.4 Common EU list of safe countries of origin

3.4.2 Implications

3.5 Externalization arrangements

3.5.1 Implications

3.6 Concluding remarks

Chapter 4: Practices of protection against disaster displacement across the world: Insights from Europe and Italy

4.1 Introduction: A regional analysis of protection responses to disaster displacement

4.2 Non-refoulement obligations in the context of disaster displacement

4.2.1 Teitiota v New Zealand

4.2.2 The ICJ's 2025 Advisory Opinion on Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

4.3 Africa and Middle East

4.4 The Americas

4.5 Asia

4.6 The Pacific

4.7 Europe

4.7.1 Policies and ad hoc practices

4.7.2 Law

4.7.3 Case law: Regional Courts

4.7.4 Case law: Domestic Courts

4.8 Italy

4.8.1 Italian migration law.

4.8.2 Italian case law

4.8.2.1 Refugee status and disaster displacement

4.8.2.2 Subsidiary protection and disaster displacement

4.8.2.3 National protection statuses and disaster displacement

4.8.3 Italian policies

4.9 Concluding remarks

Chapter 5: Conclusion: The way forward: Counteracting approaches to challenges to protection in the context of disaster displacement in the EU

5.1 Introduction: Persisting challenges to protection in the context of disaster displacement in the EU

5.2 Endorsing a contemporary understanding of disasters

5.3 Embracing an evolutive approach toward international protection norms

5.4 Abandoning the logic of deterrence

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781003626824

OCLC:

1597385236

Publisher Number:

CIPO000389859