This article critiques the European Court of Human Rights’ approach towards assessing asylum seekers’ right to respect for private and family life under article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights in the context of their expulsion. In balancing the right of the individual against the public interest, it is argued that the court’s case law follows a static perspective. The rigidly defined assumption that the public interest lies in enforcing migration control and that the societal contributions of asylum seekers cannot influence the strength of the public interest is prevalent in jurisprudence yet underexplored in scholarship. The article uses the case of asylum seekers who contribute to a country’s economy to demonstrate that the court currently fails to appreciate the interdependence between these interests. It then suggests a path by which the court’s approach might be adjusted towards more nuance, ultimately allowing the contributions of asylum seekers to European communities to be appropriately reflected in legal determinations.

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静态利益的限制：在《欧洲人权公约》第 8 条驱逐裁决中赞赏寻求庇护者对一国经济的贡献

本文批评欧洲人权法院根据《欧洲人权公约》第 8 条在驱逐寻求庇护者的情况下评估其私人和家庭生活受到尊重的权利的做法。在平衡个人权利与公共利益之间，有人认为法院的判例法遵循静态视角。公共利益在于实施移民控制以及寻求庇护者的社会贡献不能影响公共利益的强度这一严格定义的假设在法理学中普遍存在，但在学术界却未得到充分探索。文章使用为一国经济做出贡献的寻求庇护者的案例来证明法院目前未能认识到这些利益之间的相互依存关系。