International Law

On September 22, 2017, the Hellenic Council of State (“Council of State”), Greece’s highest administrative court, released Decisions No 2347/2017 and 2348/2017. The Council of State ruled that Syrian asylum seekers could be returned to Turkey because it was a safe third country and that Syrian refugees returned from Greece to Turkey face no danger of torture, inhumane treatment, …

Unsafe Third Country: Greek Court Returns Syrian Refugees to Turkey Read More »

Lauren Nishimura RefLaw, Editorial Advisory Panel Oxford University, Doctoral Candidate Climate change is a reality, producing both extreme weather events like cyclones and storms and slower processes like drought, salinization, and sea level rise. Since 2008, it is estimated that an average of 22.5 million people a year have been displaced by sudden onset impacts …

Climate change and international refugee law: A predicament approach Read More »

The Korean Refugee Act (Law No. 11298 of 2012) made it possible to apply for refugee status at ports of entry into Korea (Article 6). Before its enactment, only those asylum seekers who had already been admitted into Korea could apply for refugee status at local immigration . However, at the same time, the Refugee …

Denial at the Airport, Denial of Procedural Fairness: Examining the Korean Refugee Act Read More »

In 2015 more than a million migrants—including asylum seekers, displaced persons and other migrants—crossed the external borders of the European Union (EU), as confirmed by the Annual Report published by the European Asylum Support Office (EASO). Crossings in the Mediterranean also spiked in the first months of 2016; overall, the number of people seeking protection in the EU …

Let Sleeping Dogs Lie? Temporary Protection in European Union Asylum Law Read More »

In February 2021, Libya will enter its tenth year of civil war. With a split government, a robust illegal arms trade, thousands of militias, and a society fractured along the lines of the previous Libyan federation, the country exhibits several types of crises: governance, security, and humanitarian. The European Union’s (EU) use of Libya as …

“They Pretend Not to Hear”: Unpacking the European Union’s Use of Libya as a Transit Country for Refugees Read More »