Asylum

Vincent Chetail

Chapter 3 in Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Migration and Asylum Law, 2025, pp 14-20 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Asylum is a polysemous term which describes a place and a protection. It is both the most fundamental right of refugees and a prerogative of the state inherent to its territorial sovereignty. As a result of this duality, international law recognizes the right of individuals to seek and enjoy asylum in a foreign country and the right of the state to grant asylum, but not necessarily an obligation to do so. This dialectic has been considerably informed and shaped by the refugee status and the subsequent development of international human rights law.

Keywords: Refugee; Asylum Seeker; Non-Refoulement; Border Control; Sovereignty; Human Rights; Refugee Status; Containment; Diplomatic Asylum; Territorial Asylum (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781802204148
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