Intro
Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Asylum Norms and Policies
Fundamental Asylum Norms
The European Production of Asylum Norms and Policies
How Asylum Came to Ukraine Without Asylum Seekers
The Political Context in Ukraine and the European Neighbourhood Policy
Transfer of Norms and Policies
Transfer as Multi-Actor Translation and Resistance
Transfer as (Power) Relations and Practices
Multi-Scalar Transfer Practices
Multiple Perspectives and Sources to Grasp the Complexity of Transfer

Written Sources for Macro and Meso Perspectives
Multi-Sited Fieldwork for Micro and Meso Perspectives
Structure of the Book
References
Part I The Legislative Adoption of Asylum Norms in Ukraine: A Process Driven by International Actors
2 An Unfavourable Domestic Context for Asylum Policies
Unwelcoming Treatment of "Non-Traditional" Immigrants: From Soviet Immigration Control to Restrictive Contemporary Ukrainian Immigration Policies
The Soviet Legacy of Xenophobia in Post-Soviet Ukraine
Building up a Ukrainian State and Establishing Selective Immigration Policies

The Low Domestic Prioritisation of Asylum: From Weak Soviet Heritage to Competing Political Priorities in Contemporary Ukraine
Sparse International Asylum Norms Under Soviet Rule
No Public Interest in Asylum
Conclusion
References
3 Norm Transfer into Law: Delaying, Selecting, Translating
Resistance to Norms that Limit the State's Control Over Its Territory
Prohibition of Refoulement: Shallow and Selective Adoption of a Strong International Norm
The Right to Breach Immigration Laws to Seek Asylum: No Adoption of a Weak International Norm

Narrow, Shallow, and Slow Adoption of Norms Entailing Budgetary Costs
The Right to Social Benefits: Narrow, Shallow, and Slow Adoption
The Right to Work: Early Adoption
Imitation and Translation of Foreign Norms that Fit Domestic Political Interests
The Broad Safe Third Country Provision: Early Imitation
Filing Deadlines: Imitation of Restrictive Instruments from Abroad
The Prohibition of "Impersonation": Import and Restrictive Interpretation of a European Instrument
Late but Full Adoption of EU Protection Statuses
Conclusion
References

4 Why Adopt International Norms? Legislators Between Contestation and Submission to International Organisations
Norm Promotion by International Organisations in a Context of Lack of Domestic Political Interest in Asylum (1993-2010)
Introducing International Asylum Norms for Their Symbolic Value
Elaborating a First Law on Refugees as a Response to a Public Policy Problem?
The Lack of Legitimacy of the Asylum Norms' Content in the Verkhovna Rada
The Symbolic Value of International Asylum Norms in the Parliamentary Debates