This paper aims to identify the ethical dilemma faced by mental health practitioners in dealing with the way asylum seekers are treated in Australian detention centers. Drawing on recent research exploring the impacts of post-migration stressors on asylum seekers' physical and mental state and on ...
Asylum Seekers Human Rights Legal Jimmy Carter’s Immigration Legacy October 1, 2024 Jimmy Carter turns 100 years old today. Mr. Carter was President from 1977 to 1981. During those years, he created the modern asylum system when he signed theRefugee Act of 1980, oversaw the admission of Cu...
This paper recommends that to protect these rights, states should take into account the gender-related ways in which female refugees and asylum seekers experience the deprivation of rights. Rape and other sexual violence, gender-specific manifestations of racial and ethnic prejudice, limitations on ...
Asylum seekers, by their very circumstances, test our common assumptions and practice in relation to human rights. The treatment of asylum seekers in many European countries has become harsher, more restrictive and less tolerant in recent years, raising questions about the violation of their rights....
She added: "These crowded conditions were clearly contributing to a decline in mental health for some of the residents, and they could amount to violations of the human rights of asylum seekers." The Labour MP also said it was "concerning" that in their short visit "many asylum ...
CAPE TOWN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) said on Tuesday that refugees and asylum seekers should not be denied healthcare. In a statement marking the World Refugee Day, which falls on June 20, the SAHRC said refugees and asylum seekers face a peculi...
Asylum law functions through a dichotomy between an idealized notion of Europe as a site characterized by human rights, and non-European countries as sites
Asylum seekers are human beings, but racism, prejudice and government policies prevent them from having the basic human rights we all revere, writesFrances Letters. Source:One refugee in a surging tide Rate this: Share this: Reddit Pinterest ...
Frontex and Asylum-Seekers: Between Securitization and Human RightsChristian Kaunert
Under the proposed plan, asylum seekers applying in the EU could be transferred to "designated safe third countries" to undergo the asylum process. If granted protection, applicants would receive it in the respective third country. The policy document stresses the importance of establishing comprehensi...