ACCORDING REFUGEE PROTECTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL MIGRANTS: AN OVERVIEW UNDER INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE LAWAlthough not popularly perceived as a major cause for augmenting the refugee problem worldwide, forced migration owing to environmental disasters has nonetheless undergone an exponential expansion, thereby assuming...
The main direction for China to participate in global refugee governance is under the UN. Provisions of China’s domestic law on refugees are largely concentrated on the constitutions and the exit and entry administration laws. The Exit and Entry Administration Law 2012 is China’s first piece ...
Immigration and refugee law refer to legal frameworks that govern the movement of individuals across borders, the conditions under which they enter and stay in a country, and the protection afforded to those seeking refuge from persecution or other forms of harm. These laws vary significantly ...
In theory, an asylum seeker should experience the same likelihood of being granted refugee status based on international laws. However, as the above examples suggest, the reality is that asylum practices have varied widely across ...
Even during his campaign for the presidency, Trump made several promises on banning all Muslims so he could make the refugee laws stronger and the nation more secure. This order is based on seven countries that do not have any refugees linked with terrorism-related offenses that occurred on U...
This tense political context urges us to question the utility of creating a “climate refugee” category under international law, especially as alarmist rhetoric over a legally inexistent category of persons continue to produce counterproductive “doom and gloom” discourses, fueling xenophobic reactions ...
000 Asians. This marked the first time that the term "refugee" appeared in U.S. law. Subsequent legislation in the 1950s admitted other persons fleeing communist nations and the Middle East. Most Middle Easterners came under regular immigration laws, even though many were stateless or fleeing ...
Coming Out to Canada: The Immigration of Same-Sex Couples Under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. (English):While Canadian immigration policy has long favoured family reunification, until recently, Canadian immigration laws allowed only married heterose... LaViolette,Nicole - 《Mcgill Law Jo...
Does International Law provide an adequate system for protecting climate refugees? tion, foreign domination or events seriously disturbing public order in either part or the whole of his country of origin or nationality...' (OAU Convention, 1969).Even though these two regional instruments broaden th...
The law is tied to the legacy of the racist apartheid system, and colonialism before that, and is part of South Africa's efforts over decades to try and find a way to right historic wrongs. Under apartheid, Black people had land taken away from them and were forced to li...