Over the last decade, refugees have fled to more, different states than ever before. For example, the recent Syrian conflict has quickly transformed a state which once hosted more than fifteen percent of asylum-seekers globally into one of the largest source countries for refugees fleeing danger. This Essay assesses whether this and other changes in refugee protection and migration patterns have also changed customary international refugee law. States such as Turkey and Lebanon, once minor refugee hosts, have also quickly begun to care for millions
William Thomas Worster