Abstract
Human rights declarations provide the right for any person to leave their country, yet do not provide the right to enter another country, stopping halfway in asserting a right to mobility. In this article we provide evidence that 1) state policies and actions create migration flows; 2) migrants often travel to fulfil their human rights; and 3) current restrictions on immigration curtail migrants' human rights. We argue, based on sociological evidence, that the right to mobility is a fundamental human right, and deserves a place in human rights doctrine.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1213-1227 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | International Journal of Human Rights |
Volume | 16 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2012 |
Keywords
- Family separation
- Globalisation
- Human rights
- Interdependence of human rights
- International migration
- Right to mobility
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Sociology and Political Science
- Law