Immigration detention: the migration of a policy and its human impact

1. 'A proud tradition'? Immigration detention in the United Kingdom / Melanie Griffiths -- 2. Guarding the external border : immigration detention in the Netherlands / Galina Cornelisse -- 3. Games of law and repression : immigration detention in France / Nicolas Fischer -- 4. Balancing control with rights : immigration detention in Finland / Magdalena Kmak and Aleksi Seilonen -- 5. Fortifying the European Union? Immigration detention in Malta and Cyprus / C Mainwaring -- 6. At the border of 'Fortress Europe' : immigration detention in Turkey / Esra S. Kaytaz -- 7. Detention of asylum seekers en masse : immigration detention in the United States / Christina Elefteriades Haines and Anil Kalhan -- 8. Not so short and sweet : immigration detention in Canada / Janet Cleveland -- 9. Evolution towards higher standards of human rights : immigration detention in Mexico / Juan Carlos Calleros-Alarcon -- 10. Breaching international law : immigration detention in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- 11. Mandatory, non-reviewable, indefinite : immigration detention in Australia / Robyn Sampson -- 12. At the discretion of management : immigration detention in Indonesia / Amy Nethery, Brynna Rafferty-Brown and Savitri Taylor -- 13. Illegality and its uncertainties : immigration detention in Malaysia / Alice M. Nah -- 14. Australian neo-colonialism in the Pacific : immigration detention in Papua New Guinea / Savitri Taylor -- 15. The expansion of illegality : immigration detention in South Africa / Roni Amit -- 16. The union of securitisation and demography : immigration detention in Israel / Yonatan Berman and Reuven (Ruvi) Ziegler.

Before the turn of the century, few states used immigration detention. Today, nearly every state around the world has adopted immigration detention policy in some form. States practice detention as a means to address both the accelerating numbers of people crossing their borders, and the populations residing in their states without authorisation. This edited volume examines the contemporary diffusion of immigration detention policy throughout the world and the impact of this expansion on the prospects of protection for people seeking asylum. It includes contributions by immigration detention e