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This article highlights the development of new facts and trends concerning asylum to and protection of refugees, especially between 1975 and 1980. Asylum is singled out as the fundamental act of protection and dealt with from its position in international law.

The asylum reforms adopted in 1994 provide an intriguing glimpse into the making of immigration policy in the media spotlight—an intermittent spotlight, in this policy domain, with a short attention span. My primary aim here is to capture the history of those reforms, as it appeared to an outsider who was invited to play an insider's role as a nearly full-time consultant to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) during certain crucial months in summer and fall 1993. The account should also help clarify certain central features of the reforms and offer some insight into key decisions in their shaping. I leave it to others to judge whether the story yields broadly applicable lessons about the policymaldng process or instead merely reflects a unique constellation of political circumstances.

It's been estimated that by 2050, there will be over 250 million environmental refugees worldwide. As the U.S. is one of the most developed countries, and faces some of the least climate change induced risks, a large portion of these environmentally displaced persons will likely seek refuge in this country. Considering the political climate around Latinx immigration into the U.S., this study seeks to understand how environmental refugees from the Latin Americas and Caribbean will be handled. Research utilized includes interviews with government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and migrants themselves, as well as background policies, documents, studies, and data.

On 26 August 2001 a Norwegian freighter, the MV Tampa, rescued 433 asylum seekers from their vessel the KM Palapa 1 that was in distress in the stretch of ocean between Christmas Island and the coast of Indonesia. At the insistence of the rescued passengers, the captain of the Tampa asked the Australian government for permission to land them on Christmas Island — a request that was refused. There followed a week-long standoff while the world watched the drama unfold.

On 26 August 2001 a Norwegian freighter, the MV Tampa, rescued 433 asylum seekers from their vessel the KM Palapa 1 that was in distress in the stretch of ocean between Christmas Island and the coast of Indonesia. At the insistence of the rescued passengers, the captain of the Tampa asked the Australian government for permission to land them on Christmas Island — a request that was refused. There followed a week-long standoff while the world watched the drama unfold.