Border rescue

Every year, thousands of refugees and other migrants die trying to cross borders. The dangers are many. Migrants die from exhaustion crossing deserts, freeze on mountain passes, drown at sea. One way states can save lives is by undertaking rescue operations. This chapter asks whether receiving state...

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Autor: Oberman, Kieran
Tipo de recurso: capítulo de libro
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/45048
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Palabra clave:Refugees
Migrants
Immigration
Ethics of immigration
Duty to rescue
Search and rescue
Moral responsibility
James Pattison
Alexander Betts
Paul Collier
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spelling Border rescueOberman, KieranRefugeesMigrantsImmigrationEthics of immigrationDuty to rescueSearch and rescueMoral responsibilityJames PattisonAlexander BettsPaul CollierEvery year, thousands of refugees and other migrants die trying to cross borders. The dangers are many. Migrants die from exhaustion crossing deserts, freeze on mountain passes, drown at sea. One way states can save lives is by undertaking rescue operations. This chapter asks whether receiving states have any special duty to do so. The idea of a ‘special duty’ here can be brought out with the following question: Do receiving states owe a duty to rescue migrants at borders that they do not owe all people in need? In answering this question, the chapter starts with an important yet easily overly looked point: crossing borders is not inherently dangerous. Migrants die crossing borders because receiving states restrict migration. This fact, in itself, does not mean that receiving states have a special duty to rescue, but it does mean they cannot claim that border deaths are nothing to do with them. The question we need to ask is whether receiving states bear moral responsibility for border deaths as well as causal responsibility. The chapter goes in search of, and finds, arguments for why receiving states are morally responsible. States cannot treat border deaths like any other misfortune without changing their immigration policies.Work on this chapter received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 842176.Cambridge University Press - Core202020202019info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/45048reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésMiller D, Straehle C, editors. The political philosophy of refuge. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2019. p. 78-96.info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/842176This material has been published in The political philosophy of refuge by Miller D, Straehle C. This version is free to view and download for personal use only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © Cambridge University Pressinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/450482026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title Border rescue
spellingShingle Border rescue
Oberman, Kieran
Refugees
Migrants
Immigration
Ethics of immigration
Duty to rescue
Search and rescue
Moral responsibility
James Pattison
Alexander Betts
Paul Collier
title_short Border rescue
title_full Border rescue
title_fullStr Border rescue
title_full_unstemmed Border rescue
title_sort Border rescue
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Oberman, Kieran
author Oberman, Kieran
author_facet Oberman, Kieran
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Refugees
Migrants
Immigration
Ethics of immigration
Duty to rescue
Search and rescue
Moral responsibility
James Pattison
Alexander Betts
Paul Collier
topic Refugees
Migrants
Immigration
Ethics of immigration
Duty to rescue
Search and rescue
Moral responsibility
James Pattison
Alexander Betts
Paul Collier
description Every year, thousands of refugees and other migrants die trying to cross borders. The dangers are many. Migrants die from exhaustion crossing deserts, freeze on mountain passes, drown at sea. One way states can save lives is by undertaking rescue operations. This chapter asks whether receiving states have any special duty to do so. The idea of a ‘special duty’ here can be brought out with the following question: Do receiving states owe a duty to rescue migrants at borders that they do not owe all people in need? In answering this question, the chapter starts with an important yet easily overly looked point: crossing borders is not inherently dangerous. Migrants die crossing borders because receiving states restrict migration. This fact, in itself, does not mean that receiving states have a special duty to rescue, but it does mean they cannot claim that border deaths are nothing to do with them. The question we need to ask is whether receiving states bear moral responsibility for border deaths as well as causal responsibility. The chapter goes in search of, and finds, arguments for why receiving states are morally responsible. States cannot treat border deaths like any other misfortune without changing their immigration policies.
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