the distribution of asylum burdens. This means that initiatives in which
policy makers have placed great hope in their attempt to overcome the
ineptitude of unilateral efforts to steer migration flows might not only be
ineffective, but indeed counterproductive, in addressing the problem of
international burden-sharing in this area.
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