The Place of Numbers in Migration Debates Schmalz, Dana Author aut Text xx# 2024 Verfassungsblog 2024-03-04 eng
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 The governance of migration, in particular of asylum migration, is caught in the contrast between the political relevance of numbers, and the individuum-based structure of the law. For politics, it matters how many persons arrive, require shelter, enter procedures. For the legal assessment, however, numbers mostly do not matter: The right not to be rejected at the border, the right to access an asylum procedure and to shelter during that procedure are individual rights that are independent from the overall number of arrivals. This contrast is visible in periodical debates about a maximum number of asylum seekers per year, or proposals to abolish the individual right to protection altogether. Such proposals disregard that individual rights to protection are enshrined not just in constitutional law, but also in European and international law, and for good reason. However, it is worth taking the perspective of numbers seriously – while respecting the individual right to protection. CC BY-SA 4.0 Schmalz, Dana Immigration Migration migration law Right to Asylum 342 https://verfassungsblog.de/the-place-of-numbers-in-migration-debates/ Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH 10.59704/5011453a499dc22f 240304 10.59704/5011453a499dc22f Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.7 using MARC21slim2MODS3-7.xsl (Revision 1.140 20200717)