A worldwide survey of refugees shows that when crises emerge, the international community takes t... more A worldwide survey of refugees shows that when crises emerge, the international community takes too little action, too late. Things have only gotten worse since last September.
There is a large gap between the rights that international human rights laws guarantee to non-cit... more There is a large gap between the rights that international human rights laws guarantee to non-citizens and the realities they must face. In many countries there are institutional and endemic problems confronting non-citizens. The situation, however, has worsened as several ...
Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)will open the Forum by sharing her experiences as a refugee ... more Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)will open the Forum by sharing her experiences as a refugee of the conflict in Iraq.
Iraqs neighbours are refusing entry and imposing onerous new passport and visa requirements for I... more Iraqs neighbours are refusing entry and imposing onerous new passport and visa requirements for Iraqi nationals. Saudi Arabia is building a $7 billion high-tech barrier on its border to keep Iraqis out. Kuwait is equally categorical in its rejection of Iraqis. The Egyptian authorities began imposing highly restrictive new procedures for Iraqis seeking entry. There is a discernible hardening of response among all the neighbouring countries except Syria. In some cases governments have taken restrictive measures based on criteria that amount to particularly odious religious discrimination and both seriously undermine the right to asylum and violate fundamental principles of refugee protection. Policies of neighbouring states are causing separation of families deepening the anxiety of refugees and heightening the desperation of those still in Iraq trying to find a way out. (excerpt)
August 2 ,2009 Bill Frelick of Human Rights Watch has the audacity and arrogance to slam Greece (... more August 2 ,2009 Bill Frelick of Human Rights Watch has the audacity and arrogance to slam Greece (July 30) owing to the policies of Athens on asylum applications for immigrants. The fundamental root of this problem from Turkey owing to the fact that most of these people were in Turkey before the Turks shipped them off to Greece. Greece is a very small country that is trying to deal with the problem in the most humane way possible.
... Paradigm Shifts in the International Responses to Refugees 41 We must also funnel humanitaria... more ... Paradigm Shifts in the International Responses to Refugees 41 We must also funnel humanitarian ... to the demographic map-drawing battle that was at the heart of ethnic cleansingand ... when evacuation was demonstrably the desire of many of those trapped in the enclaves. ...
in Countries of Employment, 1997), Carmen Tiburcio’s timely book advances understanding of migran... more in Countries of Employment, 1997), Carmen Tiburcio’s timely book advances understanding of migrants’ place in the international human rights regime. Until recently, this subject received little attention from human rights bodies and scholars. The globalized economy, linkages between racism and xenophobia, greater assertiveness by migrantsending states in international fora, and the politics of asylum and integration in Western democracies have increased interest in the complex topic Tiburcio delineates.
... By August 1990, communist rule in Armenia was brought to an end with the election of Levon Te... more ... By August 1990, communist rule in Armenia was brought to an end with the election of Levon Ter-Petrossian as president. Ter-Petrossian, sharply anti-communist, had been one of the founding members of the nationalist Karabakh ...
On May 18-21,1995, forty international lawyers, social scientists, government officials, and repr... more On May 18-21,1995, forty international lawyers, social scientists, government officials, and representatives of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations gathered in Toronto to participate in a collaborative exercise, termed the Reformulation Project, to analyze and critique a proposed reformulation of the international refugee regime. General Rapporteur, Bill Frelick, presents this synthesis of the Meeting's workshop and plenary discussions.
A worldwide survey of refugees shows that when crises emerge, the international community takes t... more A worldwide survey of refugees shows that when crises emerge, the international community takes too little action, too late. Things have only gotten worse since last September.
There is a large gap between the rights that international human rights laws guarantee to non-cit... more There is a large gap between the rights that international human rights laws guarantee to non-citizens and the realities they must face. In many countries there are institutional and endemic problems confronting non-citizens. The situation, however, has worsened as several ...
Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)will open the Forum by sharing her experiences as a refugee ... more Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)will open the Forum by sharing her experiences as a refugee of the conflict in Iraq.
Iraqs neighbours are refusing entry and imposing onerous new passport and visa requirements for I... more Iraqs neighbours are refusing entry and imposing onerous new passport and visa requirements for Iraqi nationals. Saudi Arabia is building a $7 billion high-tech barrier on its border to keep Iraqis out. Kuwait is equally categorical in its rejection of Iraqis. The Egyptian authorities began imposing highly restrictive new procedures for Iraqis seeking entry. There is a discernible hardening of response among all the neighbouring countries except Syria. In some cases governments have taken restrictive measures based on criteria that amount to particularly odious religious discrimination and both seriously undermine the right to asylum and violate fundamental principles of refugee protection. Policies of neighbouring states are causing separation of families deepening the anxiety of refugees and heightening the desperation of those still in Iraq trying to find a way out. (excerpt)
August 2 ,2009 Bill Frelick of Human Rights Watch has the audacity and arrogance to slam Greece (... more August 2 ,2009 Bill Frelick of Human Rights Watch has the audacity and arrogance to slam Greece (July 30) owing to the policies of Athens on asylum applications for immigrants. The fundamental root of this problem from Turkey owing to the fact that most of these people were in Turkey before the Turks shipped them off to Greece. Greece is a very small country that is trying to deal with the problem in the most humane way possible.
... Paradigm Shifts in the International Responses to Refugees 41 We must also funnel humanitaria... more ... Paradigm Shifts in the International Responses to Refugees 41 We must also funnel humanitarian ... to the demographic map-drawing battle that was at the heart of ethnic cleansingand ... when evacuation was demonstrably the desire of many of those trapped in the enclaves. ...
in Countries of Employment, 1997), Carmen Tiburcio’s timely book advances understanding of migran... more in Countries of Employment, 1997), Carmen Tiburcio’s timely book advances understanding of migrants’ place in the international human rights regime. Until recently, this subject received little attention from human rights bodies and scholars. The globalized economy, linkages between racism and xenophobia, greater assertiveness by migrantsending states in international fora, and the politics of asylum and integration in Western democracies have increased interest in the complex topic Tiburcio delineates.
... By August 1990, communist rule in Armenia was brought to an end with the election of Levon Te... more ... By August 1990, communist rule in Armenia was brought to an end with the election of Levon Ter-Petrossian as president. Ter-Petrossian, sharply anti-communist, had been one of the founding members of the nationalist Karabakh ...
On May 18-21,1995, forty international lawyers, social scientists, government officials, and repr... more On May 18-21,1995, forty international lawyers, social scientists, government officials, and representatives of intergovernmental and nongovernmental organizations gathered in Toronto to participate in a collaborative exercise, termed the Reformulation Project, to analyze and critique a proposed reformulation of the international refugee regime. General Rapporteur, Bill Frelick, presents this synthesis of the Meeting's workshop and plenary discussions.
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