@book{b0a5fe9f8a5c4bcfa4830ccf879dfa70,
title = "The end of the right to seek asylum?: COVID-19 and the future of refugee protection",
abstract = "The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on the institution of asylum, exacerbating longer term trends limiting the ability of asylum seekers to cross-borders to seek protection. As a result, the early months of 2020 saw an effective extinguishment of the right to seek asylum. This working paper examines how this played out in Australia, Canada, Europe and the United States. National and regional responses varied, with Australia and the United States effectively ending asylum seeking. In Europe, some states upheld the right to seek asylum by exempting asylum seekers from general border closures, while other countries used the crisis to suspend the right to seek asylum. Finally, this working paper explores strategies for restoring and protecting the right to seek asylum beyond the pandemic.",
keywords = "asylum, refugees, COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus",
author = "Daniel Ghezelbash and {Feith Tan}, Nikolas",
note = "Copyright the Author(s) 2020. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.",
year = "2020",
month = sep,
language = "English",
series = "EUI RSCAS, Migration Policy Centre",
publisher = "Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute",
number = "2020/55",
}