OUVRAGE : J.C. Simeon (ed.), Terrorism and Asylum

James C. SIMEON 

Terrorism and Asylum, edited by James C. Simeon, explores terrorism and asylum in all its interrelated and variable aspects, and permutations. The critical role terrorism plays as a driver in forced displacement, within the context of protracted armed conflict and extreme political violence, is analyzed. Exclusion from refugee protection for the alleged commission of terrorist activities is thoroughly interrogated. Populist politicians’ blatant use of the “fear of terrorism” to further their public policy security agenda and to limit access to refugee protection is scrutinized. The principal issues and concerns regarding terrorism and asylum and how these might be addressed, in the public interest while, at the same time, protecting and advancing the human rights and dignity of everyone are offered.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Notes on Contributors

Introdution

James C. Simeon, Terrorism, Asylum, and Exclusion from International Protection

PART I. NORMATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS OF EXCLUSION FROM ASYLUM FOR TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

1. Patricia Tuitt, The Construction of a Terrorist under Article 1 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
2. Selina March, Manufacturing Fear: Examining the Social Component of Anti-immigration Policies within Counter-terrorism Discourse
3. John R. Campbell, Guilty by Association: Contrasting Disciplinary Views on the Fairness of ‘secret trials’ of ‘terrorists’
4. Christopher McDowell, Refugee Politics, Asylum and Extremism

PART 2: INTERNATIONAL AND TRANSNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE CRIME OF TERRORISM AND ASYLUM

5. Joseph Rikhof, Complicity in Exclusion for Terrorism: Are the Parameters too Broad?
6. Peter Billings, Rebecca Ananian-Welsh, Border Securitisation, Anti-Terrorism and Exclusion from Refugee Protection in Australia
7. James C. Simeon, Prosecution and Exclusion for Terrorism in International and National Law

PART 3. THE NATIONAL DIMENSIONS AND DYNAMICS OF TERRORISM AND EXCLUSION FROM ASYLUM

8. Mark Symes, Exclusion from Asylum on the Basis of Criminality – the United Kingdom’s Response and its Broader International Law Context
9. Anita Nagy-Nádasdi, Barbara Kőhalmi, Asylum-seekers as Potential Terrorists (?)
10. Nula Frei, Constantin Hruschka, Caught Between Unworthiness and Exclusion: Asylum Applicants and Refugees Suspected of Terrorism in Swiss Law and Practice
11. Julia Kienast, An Introduction to the Common Security Narrative of Terrorism and Asylum and its Influence on Austrian Migration Law

Conclusions

James C. Simeon, Concluding Thoughts and Reflections on Terrorism, Asylum, and Exclusion from International Protection

Index

James C. SIMEON (ed.), Terrorism and Asylum, Leiden, Brill/Nijhoff, 2020 (424 pp.)