International Journal of Refugee Law Advance Access originally published online on October 28, 2006
International Journal of Refugee Law 2006 18(3-4):487-600; doi:10.1093/ijrl/eel021
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Editorial |
Editorial
Editor-in-Chief
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This is a somewhat unusual issue of the journal, consisting primarily of papers from the Workshop on ‘The Right to Seek and Enjoy Asylum? The Pacific, Mediterranean and Caribbean Plans Compared’, held in Prato, Italy, in 2005, which deserved wider circulation. I did not attend the conference, so the following editorial is based solely on preparing the papers for publication. In that regard, I would wish to thank, Professor Susan Kneebone of Monash University, Australia, for her support and assistance. Susan Kneebone, along with Christopher McDowell and Gareth Morrell, both of City University, London, have provided a review of the papers and the likelihood of success of a Mediterranean solution. This editorial, therefore, focuses on the broader issues raised by the conference and some of the matters that still need investigation.1
The principal matter with these Plans in relation to refugee law, indeed, with state practice as a