GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES [TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD COUNTRIES BE MORALLY OBLIGATED TO GIVE ASYLUM TO REFUGEES?] AMITH SARANYU D.S 10 IGCSE DECCAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL “ Turning back boats full of people seeking asylum in their hour of need is not fair.” - Councilor Linda Scott. RATIONALE I chose this topic because I read an article on the Internet stating that the refugee crisis worldwide has displaced 60 million people from their homes since the end of World War II pushing asylum to
We are the pro team, “Resolved, legal barriers to immigration are more harmful than beneficial to society” we affirm Contention 1 - restrict on refugees can cause refugees crisis. [definition]: Refugees [ The 1951 Convention defines a refugee as an individual who is outside his or her country of nationality or habitual residence who is unable or unwilling to return due to a well-founded fear of persecution based on his or her race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular
CHALLENGES 3.2 Challenges faced by the Kenya Government while dealing with refugees Kenya holds a strategic geopolitical position and its humanitarian, political, and security issues are of great regional and international concern. Much of East Africa's stability depends on Kenya's stability as it is the economic epicentre for the region, and Nairobi is home to regional headquarters for embassies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and the United Nations. However,the country is currently dealing
MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RISKS UPON REFUGEE CHILDREN AND THEIR RESILIENCY MIE MIE KYAW Introduction Today’s world migration and becoming refugees is one of the largest and complicated histories. An array of negative factors such as economic recession, political unrest, civil wars, and poor living conditions make many civilians of different countries migrate to other countries and a lot of people seek refugee status. A refugee is defined as: a person who owing to well-founded fear of being
The estimated number of refugees leaving their own country since World War II is one hundred million ("Refugee”). A refugee is a person who has left their country because of fear of their safety due to violence, race, religion, or war. Supporting and solving today’s refugee crisis is especially controversial because of the current events, financing, and security issues. ("Refugee Facts”). Climate change and natural disasters sometimes cause people to leave their homes or countries. Some examples
issue, refugees’ rights have been heatedly argued and debated on the Internet and in the newspapers. The citizens have been questioning the status of refugees, it is either they are going to resettle or they are only migrants. There are some reasons why some countries would not take in refugees into their countries. First of all, they might think that the refugees will consume the already scarce amount of country’s resources. Kugel (2015) has found that a significant number of the Syrian refugees that
Convention on Refugee came into force in 1950, different categories of refugees developed to implement a sort of set of definition which was supposed to make it easier to identify refugees who need international protection. They differ in terms of legal and social position. Following are the most common categories of international migrants listed. After the Geneva Convention on Refugees, people defined as refugees are called convention refugees. These are all people who “owing to a well-founded fear of being
the natural rights of refugees to be united with their family and refers the attention of Members States to the Human Rights Declaration as a basis for peace-building of war torn regions and further understands that in the moral and legal aspects, all Member States have to work with appropriate organizations to ensure the protection and well-being of the refugees. Furthermore, the Non-profit Canadian Council for Refugees has been committed to the rights and protection of refugees and other vulnerable
to territories that would result in one’s life being threatened. It also prohibits the mass expulsion of refugees. Refugees also have the freedom of movement. Article 26 of the 1951 Convention provides that States shall afford refugees the right to choose their place of residence within the territory and to move freely within the State. Article 28 also obliges States Parties to issue refugees travel documents permitting them to travel outside the State “unless compelling reasons of national security
context of the 1951 Refugee Convention (ABC News, 2015) Its chief principal factor is that it defines a specific set of individuals as ‘refugees’ and obliges nations who have signed the agreement, such as Australia, to give such persons assured civil liberties and are subject to Non-refoulement (Zimmermann, 2010) .The Rohingya Muslims, fulfill the definition of ‘refugees’ in the clause, as individuals outside of their own nation who fear oppression due to their race, ethnic group,