"This book brings together a number of commissioned contributions by leading commentators in the field of asylum law, including a selection of the best papers presented at an international conference ... on refugee law and policy at the Monash Prato Centre in Italy in 2014 entitled "Access to Asylum: Current Challenges and Future Directions."--Preface.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Access to refugee protection : key concepts and contemporary challenges / Maria O'Sullivan and Dallal Stevens -- Asylum in the context of immigration control : exclusion by default or design? / Nadine El-Enany -- Where do state responsibilities begin and end? : border exclusions and state responsibility / Júlia Iván -- Access to international protection : border issues in Turkey / Cavidan Soykan -- Interdiction and screening of asylum seekers at sea : implications for asylum justice / Maria O'Sullivan -- Detained at the border : obstacles to entry for Central American refugees in the United States / Maggie Morgan and Deborah Anker -- Accessing fair and efficient asylum procedures in the EU : legal safeguards and loopholes in the common European asylum system / Kris Pollet -- The state of the asylum system in South Africa / Corey Johnson and Sergio Carciotto -- Access to asylum and reception conditions in Western Balkans : focus on Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia / Selma Porobic and Drago Župaric-Iljic -- Access to justice for Syrian refugees in Lebanon / Dallal Stevens -- Accelerated asylum procedures in the United Kingdom and Australia : "fast track" to refoulement? / Linda Kirk -- Access to asylum procedures for victims of trafficking under a human rights-based approach / Nula Frei and Constantin Hruschka -- States, the law and access to refugee protection : concluding reflections / Dallal Stevens and Maria O'Sullivan.

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