Sovereignty, Migration and the Law: The Exclusion of Non-Citizens

by Patricia Rushton

This book examines how states justify the creation of physical, policy and legislative barriers of entry for migrants by drawing on a concept of sovereignty.

The movement of people across the world in search of refuge from persecution, war and poverty is accelerating. And as states confronted with this movement create physical, policy and legislative barriers to entry, they justify this exclusion by drawing on concepts of sovereignty. This...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032849673
• ISBN13: 9781032849676
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 268 Pages