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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Refugee Rights"”.
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Child refugee rights in Cape Town: the right to access education
Child refugee rights are a pertinent issue in the Republic of South Africa. South Africa's progressive Constitution (1996) stipulates the right of all children to access education without discrimination. This research project used a rights based approach to education research to identify some of …
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Enforcement of refugee rights in South Africa through public interest litigation in the spirit of Ubuntu
… the challenge of ineffective enforcement of refugee rights in South Africa, focusing on the right of refugees to seek and enjoy asylum and undergo a fair refugee status determination procedure. The dissertation proposes a solution through the exploration of public interest litigation (PIL) as …
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From protection to persecution: exploring the impact of anti-foreigner mobilisation on refugee rights in South Africa
… how anti-foreigner mobilisation impedes the rights and lives of refugees in South Africa. This study does this by highlighting the anti-foreigner mobilisation movement, Operation Dudula. Grounded in a qualitative desk review, the study examines the systemic, social and economic impacts of …
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The role of national human rights institutions in promoting and protecting the rights of refugees: the case of South Africa and Kenya
… and implementation gaps within the international refugee protection regime suggest the need to reform its implementation and accountability processes. Increasingly, the focus is being shifted to local or domestic actors to attempt to address the challenges faced in realising refugee rights …
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Do European Union measures against people smuggling constitute non-entry and within this context violate refugee´s rights?
… against people smuggling and the protection of refugee rights. Against the backdrop of a global refugee crisis, the European Union's migration policies and border control strategies have come under scrutiny. The European Union's commitment to human dignity, freedom, democracy, and human rights …
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Beyond the Threshold of Protection: Examining Non-Refoulement's Erosion in Contemporary Refugee Law through the EU-Turkey Agreement
… of non-refoulement as established in the 1951 Refugee Convention. While this fundamental principle of international refugee law prohibits the return of individuals to countries where they face persecution, torture, or human rights violations, its widespread violation by state parties raises …
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Seeking Protection in Europe: Refugees, Human Rights, and Bilateral Agreements Linked to Readmission
… lies at the junction of migration control and refugee protection. As asylum is a migration-related matter, it can be difficult for States to dissociate it from the fight against irregular immigration. Asylum, as a measure for protecting refugees and other persons in need of international …
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Muslim Brothers or Overstaying Guests? The Reception of Syrian Refugees in Southeastern Turkey
<p>This thesis contextualizes the Syrian refugee issue in Turkey with an analysis of history and political discourse, and data drawn from a fieldwork conducted in Şanlıurfa, Turkey in 2015. The Islamist ruling party has staged a warm welcome for Syrian refugees. Their refugee regime, however, has …
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The principle of non-refoulement in the context of refugee operation in Tanzania
"The rights of refugees and basic human rights are inextricably linked. Today's human rights abuse is tomorrow's refugee movements. Quite often, refugees' rights are curtailed by the same states that declare them in accordance with international and domestic instruments, only because they are …
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Challenges and Livelihood Strategies of Darfurian Refugees Living in Kampala, Uganda
<p>The phenomenon of urban refugees poses many challenges to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), host governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are providing services to them, thereby posing many challenges to the refugees themselves in having their needs …
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Being branché : a story of refugee advocacy and networking in Montréal and in cyberspace
… an ethnographic study of Montreal's community of refugee advocates who work on behalf of refugees making requests to the Canadian government for asylum. The goal of this thesis is to portray who refugee advocates are, what they do, how they do it, and why. The study reveals that the work of …
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International criminal law and refugee protection: The interplay between international criminal law and Article 1F(A) of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees is the centre piece of international refugee protection. It consolidates previous refugee instruments thereby providing a comprehensive codification of refugee rights internationally. Whilst assuring basic civil and social rights to millions of …
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Childhood and asylum : the legal protection of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people in the United Kingdom asylum and social care systems / Ibidunni Francisca Idowu-Eberendu
… public documents, international human rights, refugee rights and child rights treaties; and United Kingdom domestic legislation. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted to generate data on the inner workings of legal protection in the United Kingdom, with specific focus on …
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Protection of the right of asylum-seeking children not to be unlawfully detained: a look into the laws of Botswana
… acceded to the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol and entered a reservation on section 26 relating to the freedom of movement of refugees within its borders justified on reasons of national security. As such, Botswana adopts a restrictive detention policy which …