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100 1 _aBARNES Jamal
700 _aMAKINDA Samuel M
245 _aA threat to cosmopolitan duties? How COVID-19 has been used as a tool to undermine refugee rights/
_cJamal Barnes and Samuel M Makinda
260 _c2021
520 _aThe outbreak of COVID-19 in early 2020 provided cover for some states to take strict and hostile measures against refugees and asylum seekers, thereby privileging self-regarding over other-regarding or cosmopolitan-oriented policies. The hostile measures, which have included detentions, pushbacks and other refugee deterrence actions not only appeared to shake the refugee system, but they increased the vulnerability of asylum seekers and refugees who continued to be exposed to torture, drownings at sea, trafficking and sexual violence. This development, which included a fine-tuning of some measures that had been hatched before the emergence of COVID-19, appeared to set back efforts to nurture the bonds of global human solidarity and expand moral and ethical boundaries beyond state borders. However, the international refugee regime continues and is supported by many states and other international actors that seek to emphasise cosmopolitan and other-regarding policies. The resilience of the refugee system underlines the fact that international society has a practical and moral basis to challenge exclusionist policies towards asylum seekers and refugees, prevent future harm that might result from asylum deterrence policies and develop more humane forms of international refugee governance.
650 _aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THEORY
_xGLOBAL HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT
_xINTERNATIONAL GOVERNANCE, LAW, AND ETHICS
_xCOVID-19
773 _aInternational Affairs:
_gNovember 2021, Vol.97, No.6, pp.1671-1689 (32)
598 _aCOVID-19, REFUGEE, HUMANRIGHT, RESILIENCE
856 _uhttps://academic.oup.com/ia/article/97/6/1671/6374896
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