Historical Foundations and Limitations of International Refugee Law

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This article critiques international refugee law's European origins and its impact on the global refugee crisis.

The article reveals significant limitations in international refugee law, particularly regarding its definition of refugees.
It critiques the law's focus on political motivations for migration, overlooking environmental and economic factors.
Emerging scholarship highlights the ad hoc nature of the legal framework, shaped by empire and humanitarianism.
Historical processes of decolonization and war are essential to understanding the development of refugee law.

Pamela Ballinger (2025) studied this question.

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