Migrations and asylum: professor de Lucas’reflections and contributions on thestudy of theright to asylum

Identifier:  imarina:9363281

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9363281

Authors:  Merino-Sancho, Victor

Abstract:
Flows of refugees and the reasons why people flee from their countries of origin, seeking protection in third countries, are different from those flows occurred when the Convention on Refugee Status was approved. However, asylum law has not been changed, at least regarding the internationally legal and conceptual framework established with the Convention. In this text, the relevance of de Lucas' works is highlighted to explain how the current characteristic of migration policies has had a political answer based on the logic of control of migration flows. Also, we will explain how this logic has finally affected the right of asylum in detriment of the protection the asylum means and implies.