Tag: Refugees

  • Refugee

    Who Becomes a Refugee? Introduction to Refugee People leave their home countries for many reasons. Sometimes they are fleeing poverty, or they hope to find a better life in another place. People who migrate for economic reasons, however, are not considered refugees. Yet economic migrants […]

  • Refugee

    Who Becomes a Refugee? Introduction to Refugee People leave their home countries for many reasons. Sometimes they are fleeing poverty, or they hope to find a better life in another place. People who migrate for economic reasons, however, are not considered refugees. Yet economic migrants […]

  • Asylum Protection Issues

    Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA” or “Act”), as amended, 8 U.S.C. § 1254a, […]

  • Asylum Protection Issues

    Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: Section 244 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (“INA” or “Act”), as amended, 8 U.S.C. § 1254a, […]

  • Refugee Law

    By Mathilde Holmer The Refugee Convention is limited in its application in terms of time and space, and therefore the 1967 Protocol was created in order to remove the limitations (Weis, P., “The 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and some questions of the law of treaties”, […]

  • Refugee Law

    By Mathilde Holmer The Refugee Convention is limited in its application in terms of time and space, and therefore the 1967 Protocol was created in order to remove the limitations (Weis, P., “The 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and some questions of the law of treaties”, […]

  • Syria Refugees

    Syria: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Syria: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: On June 17, 2013, DHS announced that it was both extending the existing designation of Syria for TPS for 18 […]

  • Syria Refugees

    Syria: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Syria: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: On June 17, 2013, DHS announced that it was both extending the existing designation of Syria for TPS for 18 […]

  • Migrant Protection Issues

    El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: On May 30, 2013, the Department of Homeland […]

  • Migrant Protection Issues

    El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: On May 30, 2013, the Department of Homeland […]

  • Refugee Admissions

    Refugee Admissions Resettlement: The Solution for Only a Few A refugee is someone who has fled from his or her home country and cannot return because he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. The first step for most refugees…

  • Refugee Admissions

    Refugee Admissions Resettlement: The Solution for Only a Few A refugee is someone who has fled from his or her home country and cannot return because he or she has a well-founded fear of persecution based on religion, race, nationality, political opinion or membership in a particular social group. The first step for most refugees…

  • Sudan Refugees

    Sudan and South Sudan: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Sudan and South Sudan: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: On January 9, 2013, DHS announced that it was both extending the existing […]

  • Somalia Refugees

    Somalia: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues in 2013 United States views on international law [1] in relation to Somalia: Asylum, Refugee, and Migrant Protection Issues: On November 1, 2013, DHS announced that it was extending the existing designation of Somalia for TPS for 18 […]

  • Human Trafficking

    See International Criminal Law – Transnational crime In late 2000, the United Nations for the first time in international law defined human trafficking in the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (the Trafficking Protocol also called […]