Refugees and their protection have started to be a part of daily
conversation in recent years. New flows from Africa to Europe, new
crisis in Asia and in the Americas, and record numbers since the Second
World War, for instance, have paved the way for news reports in the
media, political discourses on the topic and debates on how to actually
protect these persons. In a world scenario of increasingly (i) closed
borders, (ii) association of migration to security issues, (iii) lack of
political will to ascertain human rights and (iv) disregard for
migration as a right in se, the challenges on and for refugees'
protection have been progressing; as have the need for international
protection of persons fleeing well-founded fear of persecution due to
their race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership to a
social group, i.e. refugees. Regional approaches and national practices
gain relevance, especially if they can be seen as good practices, even
if not without flaws.