Terrorism and Asylum

James C. Simeon, LLM, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School of Public Policy and Administration, is the Head of McLaughlin College, York University, Canada. He has published widely in the field of refugee and forced migration studies and international refugee law.

 Foreword

 Notes on Contributors



 Introduction: Terrorism, Asylum, and Exclusion from International Protection

  James C. Simeon



Part 1: Normative Constructions of Exclusion from Asylum for Terrorist Activities

1 The Construction of a Terrorist under Article 1 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

 Patricia Tuitt



2 Manufacturing Fear: Examining the Social Component of Anti-immigration Policies within Counter-terrorism Discourse

 Selina March



3 Guilty by Association: Contrasting Disciplinary Views on the Fairness of ‘secret trials’ of ‘terrorists’

 John R. Campbell



4 Refugee Politics, Asylum and Extremism

 Christopher McDowell



Part 2:International and Transnational Perspectives on the Crime of Terrorism and Asylum



5 Complicity in Exclusion for Terrorism: Are the Parameters too Broad?

 Joseph Rikhof



6 Border Securitisation, Anti-Terrorism and Exclusion from Refugee Protection in Australia

 Peter Billings and Rebecca Ananian-Welsh



7 prosecution and Exclusion for Terrorism in International and National Law

 James C. Simeon



Part 3: The National Dimensions and Dynamics of Terrorism and Exclusion from Asylum



8 Exclusion from Asylum on the Basis of Criminality – the United Kingdom’s Response and its Broader International Law Context

 Mark Symes



9 Asylum-seekers as Potential Terrorists (?)

 Anita Nagy-Nádasdi and Barbara Kőhalmi



10 Caught Between Unworthiness and Exclusion: Asylum Applicants and Refugees Suspected of Terrorism in Swiss Law and Practice

 Nula Frei and Constantin Hruschka



11 An Introduction to the Common Security Narrative of Terrorism and Asylum and its Influence on Austrian Migration Law

 Julia Kienast



 Conclusions: Concluding Thoughts and Reflections on Terrorism, Asylum, and Exclusion from International Protection

 James C. Simeon



 Index