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Asylum-Seekers Are Not Bananas Either: Limitations On Transferring Asylum-Seekers To Third Countries, Tally Kritzman-Amir

Michigan Journal of International Law

Despite the similarities between the movement of people and the movement of goods, many developed nations have maintained high barriers to migration even as barriers to trade have fallen sharply. However, as Jennifer Gordon points out, both bilateral and multilateral treaties governing migration have proliferated within this weaker global patchwork of regulation. For example, the ability of developed states to gain concessions on other matters such as trade or investment has led to the proliferation multilateral agreements, while bilateral agreements have arisen due to a desire to refrain from integrating migrant workers in destination states.

This paper focuses on a …