'Protection' in European Union Asylum Law

"Asylum law in the European Union is ripe with caveats that allow for rejecting asylum applications due to 'protection' received in the home country or another location. Yet, what does 'protection' mean in this context? And when is it strong enough to make denying an application lawful? Departing from the notion that refugee status is a "surrogate" for lacking protection at home, Julian M. Lehmann investigates the interplay of international law and European Union law on protection against harm by non-state actors, the Internal Protection Alternative, and asylum in third countries en route to the European Union. Lehmann demonstrates how conflating these concepts risks equating international protection with mere safety, which stands in contrast to the very purpose of refugee law"--

שנה

2020

שפה

English

הוצאה

BRILL

מהדורות

1

עמודים

278

ISBN

9789004430242

מקור הנתונים: Wikidata