All at Sea: The Policy Challenges of Rescue, Interception, and Long-Term Response to Maritime Migration - Softcover

With migrant maritime arrivals the subject of major policy and public focus in the Mediterranean, the Bay of Bengal, and elsewhere, this Migration Policy Institute volume reviews the policy responses to irregular maritime arrivals at regional, national, and international levels. While policy discussions once typically focused on rescue at sea, those today are more likely to be framed in terms of interception designed to address concerns of border protection, national security, and organized crime. The current, central dilemma is how to reconcile these concerns with international legal obligations and regional or global burden-sharing. This volume examines the state of the policy discussion on these and other salient issues surrounding irregular maritime migration, including case studies of recent developments in the major global hotspots: the Mediterranean, Gulf of Aden, Australia, and the Caribbean.

Kathleen Newland is a Co-Founder of the Migration Policy Institute, where she leads its Migrants, Migration, and Development Program and its humanitarian protection work. She sits on the Board of Overseers of the International Rescue Committee and the boards of directors of USA for UNHCR, the Stimson Center, Kids in Need of Defense (KIND), and the Foundation for The Hague Process on Migrants and Refugees. Elizabeth Collett is Director of the Brussels-based Migration Policy Institute Europe and is Senior Advisor to MPI's Transatlantic Council on Migration. Her work focuses in particular on European migration and immigrant integration policy. Kate Hooper is a Research Assistant with the Migration Policy Institute's International Program, where her research areas include labor migration, diaspora engagement, and immigrant integration. Sarah Flamm is a former Research Assistant with the Migration Policy Institute, where she worked on the International Program and the Labor Markets Initiative.