Sandelind, C.N. (2021) Costs of refugee admission and the ethics of extraterritorial protection. European Journal of Political Theory, 20 (1). pp. 116-137. ISSN 1474-8851
Abstract
Many affluent states seek to discharge their responsibilities to refugees through extraterritorial policies, which limit the number of refugees that they admit whilst contributing to protection in a third country. Is this morally permissible? I argue that under non-ideal circumstances, where states’ non-compliance with their duties to refugees are persistent, such policies can be permissible. However, extraterritorial protection must satisfy two conditions. First, it must come about through bilateral or multilateral agreements. Second, the protection provided must allow for full integration in a new society. I argue that the lower the costs a state bears for admitting refugees to its territory, the higher its contribution to extraterritorial protection must be. This notion of costs is illustrated by exemplifying how refugee admission may impose costs to the self-determination and equality of the hosting state.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in European Journal of Political Theory. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Feasibility; non-ideal theory; refugee protection; refugees; self-determination |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number Leverhulme Trust ECF-2016-374 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Oct 2017 13:59 |
Last Modified: | 22 Dec 2023 11:06 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1474885117738118 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122805 |