Entangled Asylum in the Nordic Region: Legal Sociology and Human Rights

What happens when international human rights norms confront the practical realities of asylum decision-making? This book offers a bold examination of how institutional dynamics and human rights oversight shape the intricate mechanisms behind asylum adjudication. By framing asylum law as an ‘entangled regime’, the author uncovers how national decision-makers interpret, apply, and contest norms of national, international, and institutional origin, offering invaluable insights into the evolving landscape of migrants’ rights. Through this socio-legal lens, it focuses on the Nordic countries – a region with a long history of compliance but increasingly marked by anti-immigrant politics and policy experimentation. As political pressures bear down against decades of rights-focused legal consolidation, a critical testing ground emerges where international law faces some of its most rigorous challenges.