Notwithstanding human rights linkages, migrants and refugees are often on the periphery of effective international protection. This article locates both migrants and refugees squarely within the human rights context, contrasting inalienable rights with the demands of sovereignty, and juxtaposing the two in a context of existing and developing international standards. Migration and refugee flows will go on, and the developed world, in particular, must address the consequences - legal, humanitarian, socioeconomic and cultural. This article shows how the law must evolve, responding coherently to contemporary problems, if the structure of rights and freedoms is to be maintained. -from Author

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