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From:Harvard Law Review (Vol. 131, Issue 5)INTRODUCTION The international refugee regime is one of the most frequently applied bodies of international law in domestic settings worldwide. (1) The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (2)...
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From:Migration World MagazinePeer-ReviewedAt the close of the Conference on Refugee Protection in the 21st Century organized by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights and held in Washington, DC on November 14, 2000, the following Action Agenda was presented....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 16, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedIn recent years, Germany and Austria have been among the leading European receiving countries for asylum seekers and refugees (AS&R). The two countries have cultural and economic similarities, but differ, for example, in...
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From:International Migration Review (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis article provides a historical critique of the initiatives taken by UNHCR to link its refugee and returnee assistance programs with longer-term development efforts in low-income countries. Such initiatives include...
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From:Armed Forces & Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedNever before has the refugee dilemma been more at the center of international concern. Nor era has generated as many refugees as has the twentieth century, and the outpouring has escalated since the end of the Cold War...
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From:Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT As a party to the UN Refugee Convention and the OAU Refugee Convention, South Africa is obligated to apply international refugee law when addressing the protection needs of asylum seekers in the country. The...
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From:International Migration Review (Vol. 35, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedWithin UNHCR, there has been a shift in the emphasis on the meaning of protection. Protection of refugees is now primarily defined as security of refugees and refugee operations rather than in terms of the legal asylum...
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From:Migration World Magazine (Vol. 22, Issue 2-3) Peer-ReviewedA Consultative Meeting on the Pastoral Care of Refugees, Displaced People and Migrants in West and Northern Africa was held on Jan. 17-22, 1994 in the Ivory Coast's Yopougon. The meeting was collaboratively convened by...
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From:Refuge (Vol. 31, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis special issue makes an original contribution to our understanding of the meaning of home by introducing the idea of the constellation of HOME-Home-home and homemaking practices where these are not necessarily...
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From:Cambridge Anthropology (Vol. 38, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedGoudebou refugee camp in northern Burkina Faso has emerged as a testing ground for international efforts to find market-based solutions to the delivery of basic energy services in humanitarian contexts. This article...
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From:McGill Law Journal (Vol. 60, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThis article suggests that there are reasons to be concerned about the way relationship history impacts credibility assessments for refugee claims based on sexual orientation. Decision makers' written assessments often...
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From:Refuge (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Technologies are omnipresent in our society, from mobile telephone systems to satellite television and Internet broadcasting, which shape the way we live, work, and interact. They have also transformed the...
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From:Anthropology of the Middle East (Vol. 1, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Afghan society represents a wide spectrum of tribal and ethnic groups with generally strong patriarchal norms. Given this patriarchal structure, coupled with the predominant tribal value system, the...
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From:Journal of International Affairs (Vol. 47, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe experience of dealing with Afghan refugee women in Pakistan suggests the need for refugee programs to promote women's economic self-reliance. Women make up 75-80% of the world population of refugees, but programs...
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From:Melbourne Journal of International Law (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedBy examining high level statements by states at the past four sessions of the Conferences of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (2013-16) and the UN General Assembly over the past...
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From:Refuge (Vol. 21, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Following the events of September 11, Japan renewed its stance against terrorism and aggressively stepped up regulations against aliens including asylum seekers. Responding to the post-September 11 detention...
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From:The Chronicle of Philanthropy (Vol. 16, Issue 16)Byline: Molly Raiser The actress Angelina Jolie presented an Oscar at the 76th Annual Academy Awards around the time she was announcing a personal award to provide $50,000 to rescue a forgotten group of people along...
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From:AJOT: American Journal of Occupational Therapy (Vol. 73, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedImportance: Research is needed to situate occupational deprivation (OD) within each unique refugee population and displacement context. Objective: To explore the way refugees manage their day-to-day lives within the...
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From:Migration World Magazine (Vol. 20, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe Comprehensive Plan of Action was created by the UN in 1988 to improve resettlement conditions of Southeast Asian refugees and promote hospitality and tolerance of them in countries of first asylum. Indonesia, one of...
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From:Review of Constitutional Studies (Vol. 16, Issue 2)This chapter has a modest goal: to track some legislative changes since 9/11 that impact on two rights of asylum seekers where those changes are linked to or justified by security concerns. These are the rights of...