International Refugee Law and Socio-Economic Rights: Refuge from Deprivation

by Michelle Foster

Book Overview

A range of emerging refugee claims is beginning to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention regime and question traditional distinctions between 'economic migrants' and 'political refugees'. This book, first published in 2007, identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on socio-economic deprivation, and undertakes an assessment of the extent to which these challenges may be overcome by a creative interpretation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052113336X
• ISBN13: 9780521133364
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"