right to safety. (evidence) most show that refugee detainees are under conditions far worse than prison convicts. Fifthly‚ in addition to refugee law‚ international human rights law and Australian law both prohibit the expulsion of people to places where they are at risk of torture‚ the death penalty‚ cruel‚ inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment‚ or arbitrary deprivation of life. Australia seems to conveniently brush aside Article 31 in the Refugee Convention 1951 that requires countries not
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and they have had to make tough decisions about where they should go. This essay will look at few important reasons that refugees can negatively impact on the economy of the country. The world is observing the World Refugee Day today. The definition of the word refugee is sometimes expanded to include that people fleeing war or other armed conflict. Generally‚ it is because of political conflicts‚ war‚ violence‚ persecution‚ torture – that drives people to leave their homes. We see that from
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in are distorted through panic and trepidation that has festered through the conglomeration of the masses of migrants and with the actors pulling the strings behind the system of migrations. These actors fuel the current discourse of the migrant‚ refugee‚ or potential asylum member. In other words‚ the media‚ politicians‚ and devout bureaucracies have seized upon the migrant‚ creating the migration industry to project the migrant as a dehumanized‚ unknown‚ and potentially dangerous entity that is
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still facing the challenge of its refugee past and the afermath of the turbulent events triggered by the 1994 genocide? Once the ‘One UN’/‘Delivering as One’ reform has been implemented‚ there are a number of outcomes that could signifcantly enhance refugee protection. The creation of national asylum systems‚ efective returnee monitoring mechanisms and prevention of new refugee movements are felds where the One UN reform has signifcant potential. In protracted refugee situations such as Rwanda the
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country in which they hope to be granted refugee status. The Australian public opinion towards asylum seekers has often been unwelcoming at best and hostile at worst and this is often the way the media has portrayed the influx of people seeking asylum in Australia. Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s asylum seeker policy aims to tackle people smuggling. The Government is stepping up efforts to process asylum seekers offshore‚ and has recently negotiated a refugee swap deal with Malaysia. Opposition Leader
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Refugees According to the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees‚ a refugee as a person residing outside his or her country of nationality‚ who is unable or unwilling to return because of a ‘well-founded fear of persecution on account of race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership in a political social group‚ or political opinion’(UN General Assembly‚ 1951) 145 UN member states have signed the 1951 convention (UNHCR 2015). However‚ most of the forced migrants in the world do
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Refugees are all over the world and are forced to flee their homes leaving everything behind having to start their new lives in a safer place. It is a struggle for survival everyday. The novel: Inside Out & Back Again by Thanhha Lai‚ is a fictionalization of the real life issues of refugees with the main character Kim Ha and her family having to leave their home in Saigon in order to escape the war that plagues them. The family‚ although reluctant‚ decides to flee to America looking for a new place
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es get treated and what forms of psychosocial support there is for them. 2. Facts about Displaced People According to UN DESA there are 214 mio. migrants in the world. ( UN DESA‚ 2010). Furthermore there are 27‚5 mio. IDP1 in 2010 ( Norwegian Refugee Council‚ 2010) and 15‚4 mio. refugees worldwide ( UNHCR‚ 2010). Europe is hosting 72‚1 mio. immigrants ( UN DESA‚ 2008) and 1‚6 mio refugees ( UNHCR 2010). 594 000 refugees are said to stay in Germany and 10‚ 8 mio immigrants are living here
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Under the 1951 Refugee Convention a refugee is defined as a person who has a well founded fear of being persecuted‚ whether because of their race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group or political opinion‚ and if they are outside the country of their nationality and if they are unable‚ or owing to such fear‚ unwilling to avail himself/herself of the protection of that country‚ they are deemed a refugee. * Asylum seekers are people who are seeking refugee status and safety
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TO THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN Contents WHAT IS A REFUGEE? 2 THE AFGHAN REFUGEES IN PAKISTAN. 2 IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY. 3 SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS 4 POLITICAL IMPLICATION 4 ENVIORMENTAL IMPLICATIONS 5 SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES 5 CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE 5 FUNCTIONALIST PERPECTIVE 6 CONCLUSION 6 BIBILOGRAPHY 7 WHAT IS A REFUGEE? According to the 1951 Refugee Convention the United Nations defines a refugee as “someone who has fled his country of origin due to well founded
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