The European Commission has proposed letting member states drop the ‘connection requirement’ from the ‘safe third country’ concept in asylum cases. Gaia Romeo and Frowin Rausis argue this seemingly technical tweak marks a major shift — toward an ‘(un)safe fourth country’ approach that some countries have repeatedly tried, and failed
Qatar is basking in the global spotlight as host of the 2022 World Cup. Less prominently, it is the latest country to introduce an asylum law. Frowin Rausis argues that Qatar’s new-found status as a global host, of football and of asylum seekers, serves to showcase the country, and boost its global reputation
The UK’s ‘New Plan for Immigration’ allows the government to send asylum seekers to Rwanda, reflecting the latest aspiration to externalise refugee protection. Frowin Rausis and Konstantin Kreibich show that the idea is not new. Different countries have toyed with it for years – and failed consistently
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science and International Relations, University of Geneva and Associated Researcher, nccr – on the move
In his PhD project, Frowin studied the global spread of asylum policies.
He has set up the Safe Country Policies Dataset (SACOP), which provides information on the adoption of national asylum frameworks and safe country policies in 195 countries, from 1951 until 2021.
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