Forced Migration Review (Aug 2006)
The false panacea of offshore deterrence
Abstract
Governments take often shockingly blunt action to deterrefugees and other migrants found on the high seas, intheir island territories and in overseas enclaves. Thereis a pervasive belief that when deterrence is conductedat arms-length from the homeland it is either legitimateor, at the very least, immune from legal accountability.
