Irregular Migration, Refugee Status and the Law - Protection From Dangerous Migratory Journeys

Through an investigation of the protection needs of 'irregularised migrants', this book offers a novel approach to the phenomenon of irregular migration by reframing it as a matter of refugee law.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. 'Trafficking in Persons' and 'Smuggling of Migrants': Different Concepts, Similar Experiences; 3. 'Route Causes' of Irregular Re-Migration: Vulnerability Indicators for Future Risk; 4. Persecutory Harm and Failure of State Protection: Cumulative and Sequential Harms; 5. The Nexus to Refugee Convention Grounds: A Return to 'Route Causes'; 6. From Complementary Protection to Refugee Status? - Finding Irregularised Migrants in Existing Case Law; 7. Vulnerability to Irregular Re-Migration in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters; 8. Conclusion: Protection from Dangerous Migratory Journeys

About the author

Maja Grundler is Lecturer at Northumbria Law School and holds a PhD in Law from Queen Mary University of London. Her research interests include refugee law, irregular migration and human trafficking.

Product details

• Authors: Maja Grundler
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2025
• EAN: 9781032641744
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3264174-4
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Law and Migration
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Miscellaneous; LAW / General, LAW / International, LAW / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, LAW / Agricultural, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Emigration & Immigration, International Relations, comparative law, Public international law: human rights, International human rights law, Asylum Law