Articles by Frowin Rausis

December 16, 2022

Qatar on the playing field of international politics

Frowin Rausis

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

Externalising refugee protection: less a vision than a mirage

Frowin Rausis

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

Frowin Rausis

PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Lucerne and research fellow nccr – on the move

In his PhD project, Frowin studies 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.

He tweets @frowinrausis

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