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Refuge beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel Asylum Seekers
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About Refuge Beyond Reach: How Rich Democracies Repel
Product Description Media pundits, politicians, and the public are often skeptical or ambivalent about granting asylum. They fear asylum-seekers will impose economic and cultural costs and pose security threats to nationals. Consequently, governments of rich, democratic countries attempt to limit who can approach their borders, which often leads to refugees breaking immigration laws. In Refuge beyond Reach, David Scott FitzGerald traces how rich democracies have deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety. Drawing on official government documents, information obtained via WikiLeaks, and interviews with asylum seekers, he finds that for ninety-nine percent of refugees, the only way to find safety in one of the prosperous democracies of the Global North is to reach its territory and then ask for asylum. FitzGerald shows how the US, Canada, Europe, and Australia comply with the letter of law while violating the spirit of those laws through a range of deterrence methods -- first designed to keep out Jews fleeing the Nazis -- that have now evolved into a pervasive global system of "remote control." While some of the most draconian remote control practices continue in secret, FitzGerald identifies some pressure points and finds that a diffuse humanitarian obligation to help those in need is more difficult for governments to evade than the law alone. Refuge beyond Reach addresses one of the world's most pressing challenges -- how to manage flows of refugees and other types of migrants -- and helps to identify the conditions under which individuals can access the protection of their universal rights. Winner of the International Studies Association Human Rights Section Best Book Award, American Sociological Association International Migration Section Best Book Award, and Association of College& Research Libraries CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title. Review " The author, a political scientist and pioneer in the global study of immigration control, provides an indispensable map of what he calls, strikingly, an international "architecture of repulsion": immigration policies that seek to push state borders out from national territory, and that profoundly compromise asylum-seekers' pursuit of safety, both practically and as a matter of design." - The New Republic "an essential overview of how countries across the world evade their obligations to asylum seeker" - Mother Jones "pathbreaking, masterful contribution" - Contemporary Sociology " comprehensive and insightful" - Law and Society Review "an important and eye-opening book for scholars and practitioners alike." - Social Forces " The topicality of Refuge Beyond Reach , its rich empirical basis and clear and accessible style will appeal to a wide range of audiences, including but not limited to students, academics, journalists, politicians, analysts, migration professionals and the general public." - LSE Review of Books " Drawing on statistics, leaked governmental memos, and personal stories of asylum seekers he outlines myriad strategies that countries of the Global North deploy in order to curtail the right to asylum. In the process he brings to the surface the deeply embedded structures of thought on which these strategies pivot." - Sydney Review of Books "Beyond migration scholars and students (all of whom should read this book), it is a great piece for understanding broader concepts international relations and national policies, and the disjuncture between the law, norms, and actual practices. This book will hopefully also start conversations about the costs--in human suffering and the well-being of a cooperative international order as well as financial costs--that come with externalization." - Contexts: Sociology for the Public About the Author David Scott FitzGerald is Theodore E. Gildred Chair in U.S.-Mexican Relations, Professor of Sociology, and Co-Di
