Refugee law

the large numbers of climate-related refugees the world is presently seeing, causing millions of people to slip through the cracks. While people displaced within their own countries (internally displaced persons) are covered by national law, international law, and the UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, a serious legal gap exists with regard to cross-border movements in the context of disasters and the effects of climate change. In most cases, these people are not refugees under…

mostly neighbouring Middle Eastern countries as well as African countries and the Indian subcontinent. Due to the large amount of migrants crossing through Turkey, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) made an agreement to “provide some degree of protection and status determination” for asylum seekers and refugees. The UNHCR defines a refugee as a person “who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion,…

and the occasional low-skimming Blackhawk helicopter” (“Overzealous U.S-Canada”, 2015). Considerations for this reconfiguration occurred long before the events of September 11 2001, and Canada did not want to implement policies that did not assess refugee claims on a “case by case basis”, but the events of 9/11 provided the required justification for the implementation of securitization policies and trends along the border (Field, 2013, p.10). The increased fear of terrorism acting as an…

The refugee crisis has sparked an outburst in society. 2014-2015 has seen the worst refugee crisis since WWII, with 19.5 million refugees seeking asylum. Many citizens are debating whether to allow refugees within United States borders. Over one-third of all refugee arrivals, or 24,579, came from the Near East in 2015—a region that includes Iraq, Iran, Bhutan, and Afghanistan (American Immigration Council, para.4). In a study, 59% of Americans said the U.S. is at war with radical Islam, and 5…

percentage of these migrants, and recent terror attacks has stirred fear of these refugees to the American people. Current political elections have focused heavily on Syrian refugees and some states have even gone as far as vocalizing their anti-refugee and anti-Muslim policies, refusing to allow refugees to settle in their borders. Refugees currently on American soil face racism, isolation, and a lack of resources. A large number of refugees…

According to Linda Thong, she said “ the Government gave us money but not enough ” she had 4 kids and 2 of her brothers in law living with her and her husband. Some of the Vietnamese refugees started working in low skills, job, for example, Linda Thong husband and her brothers in law started working in Swap meet some other refugees working on commercial fishing and nail salon. In 1878 some opened nail salon where it became more popular to people so more…

people. Life in refugee camps around the world is awful, but the camps are a better way of life than the life they had to endure in their home country. Throughout the world, there is hundreds of refugee camps that host refugees for all different types of reasons. Some have come from nearby countries, while others come from across the world to seek refuge. The most commonly known refugee camps are in Syria, they are on the news at least once a day, whether it be because of rising refugee numbers…

seek safety from the city but many have got caught in the cross fire. More than half of the population has been decreased because of the war. Daily refugees flee their homes taking to the streets in hopes to find safety which has contributed to the refugee crisis. According to the article…

agreement between Canada and the United States, has the Safe Third Country Agreement caused more harmful implications surrounding refugee claimants than beneficial? Indeed, the Safe Third Country Agreement has caused adverse implications for refugee claimants, as a multitude of criticisms have been raised over issues pertaining to national and border security, international law, and gender politics. First, “[m]any immigration restrictions adopted in the name of ‘national security’ violate the…

The United States immigration law defines refugees as, “people who are outside of their home country and cannot return due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on their race, religion, nationality, political opinions, or membership in a particular social group” (“Bridging Refugee Youth and Children 's Services”, 795). In 2011, The United States Department of Homeland Security recorded that a total of 56,384 refugee arrived in the United States with majority of the population being…