The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration
(2016) In International Refugee Law Series 7.- Abstract
- 4.690 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year, making 2016 once again set a tragic record and the Mediterranean account for more than three fourths of all registered migrant casualties worldwide. In his most recent book chapter, “The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration”, Research Director and Professor Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen argues that the current inability to adequately address the plight of boat migrants may perhaps best be understood as an instance of “the perfect storm”, ie. a confluence of circumstances that in their su, aggravate a given state of affairs dramatically. Both in political and in legal terms, the boat migrant is caught in several inter-related dynamics,... (More)
- 4.690 migrants have lost their lives in the Mediterranean this year, making 2016 once again set a tragic record and the Mediterranean account for more than three fourths of all registered migrant casualties worldwide. In his most recent book chapter, “The Perfect Storm: Sovereignty Games and the Law and Politics of Boat Migration”, Research Director and Professor Thomas Gammeltoft-Hansen argues that the current inability to adequately address the plight of boat migrants may perhaps best be understood as an instance of “the perfect storm”, ie. a confluence of circumstances that in their su, aggravate a given state of affairs dramatically. Both in political and in legal terms, the boat migrant is caught in several inter-related dynamics, all linked to the way that different states re-interpret and instrumentalise sovereign power and responsibility today. (Less)
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- Gammeltoft-Hansen, Thomas LU
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- 2016-07
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- 'Boat Refugees' and Migrants at Sea: A Comprehensive Approach : Integrating Maritime Security with Human Rights - Integrating Maritime Security with Human Rights
- series title
- International Refugee Law Series
- editor
- Moreno-Lax, Violeta and Papastavridis, Efthymios
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- 7
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- 2213-3836
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- 9789004300750
- 9789004300743
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- Lund Human Rights Research Hub
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- English
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