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Irregular Migration, Refugee Status and the Law: Protection from Dangerous Migratory Journeys book cover

1st Edition

Irregular Migration, Refugee Status and the Law Protection from Dangerous Migratory Journeys

By Maja Grundler Copyright 2026
260 Pages
by Routledge

260 Pages
by Routledge
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Through an investigation of the protection needs of ‘irregularised migrants’, this book offers a novel approach to the phenomenon of irregular migration by reframing it as a matter of refugee law. Thousands of people have died, disappeared and suffered mental and physical harm on their dangerous migratory journeys to Europe. This book addresses an issue which, so far, has been largely omitted... Read more

Acknowledgments

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

2 ‘Trafficking in Persons’ and ‘Smuggling of Migrants’: Different Concepts, Similar Experiences

3 ‘Route Causes’ of Irregular Re-Migration: Vulnerability Indicators for Future Risk

4 Persecutory Harm and Failure of State Protection: Cumulative and Sequential Harms

5 The Nexus to Refugee Convention Grounds: A Return to ‘Route Causes’

6 From Complementary Protection to Refugee Status? Finding Irregularised Migrants in Existing Case Law

7 Vulnerability to Irregular (Re-)Migration in the Context of Climate Change and Disasters

8 Conclusion: Protection from Dangerous Migratory Journeys

Index

Biography

Maja Grundler is Lecturer at Northumbria Law School and holds a PhD in Law from Queen Mary University of London. Her research interests include refugee law, irregular migration and human trafficking.

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