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Protecting the Right to Leave in an Era of Externalised Migration Control

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Protecting the Right to Leave in an Era of Externalised Migration Control

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Description

This book explores the human right to leave any country - including one's own - in international law, and its applicability to externalised migration control.

It develops a framework for interpreting the right and demonstrates how various externalisation measures violate it, leading to the international responsibility of states and international organisations.

Analysing the work of international and regional systems enshrining the right and examining global externalisation practices, it demonstrates the radical reform required by states and international organisations to comply with the right to leave. Implementing the author's recommendations would compel the dismantlement of many current externalisation strategies and a re-imagining of the global (im)mobility regime.

This book offers compelling insights for lawyers in the fields of international law, human rights and refugee law, as well as migration policymakers, practitioners, and officials.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction

Part 1: A General Framework for the Right to Leave
2. The Right to Leave Any Country in International Law
3. The State's Right to Control Entry and Obligations to Admit: The Relationship Between Entry and Exit
4. The Right to Leave for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Part 2: Externalised Migration Controls
5. Visa Regimes and Carrier Sanctions
6. Pushbacks and Pullbacks at Sea and on Land
7. Conclusion

Product details

Published 19 Feb 2026
Format Ebook (PDF)
Edition 1st
Extent 336
ISBN 9781509982295
Imprint Hart Publishing
Series Studies in International Law
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Emilie McDonnell

Emilie McDonnell’s experience in human rights and…

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