Download or read book Refugees Race and the Legal Concept of Asylum in Britain written by Prakash Shah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book critically interrogates the principle of asylum for refugees in UK law and proposes that, when faced with the migration of non-European refugee groups, this principle has often been limited. The book considers the response of the State to the migration of various groups of refugees through five centuries. The reaction of the legal system to the arrival of gypsies and Huguenots from the Gudor period is analysed. The responses to the arrival of African refugees from the American War of Independence is also considered here, along with an examination of the reactions to refugees from the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars; various European refugee groups in the mid-Victorian period; Jews from Eastern Europe and later from Nazism; and groups displaced in Europe as a result of the Second World War. Refugees, Race and the Legal Concept of Asylum in Britain also provides a detailed discussion of the backlash against African and Asian refugee groups, in particular, as against the East African Asians, Vietnamese and Tamils from Sri Lanka. An analysis of the major legislative reforms of the 1990s which have been directed against the settlement of Asian and African refugees is also presented. The post-Second World War period is scrutinised in the context of the failure of European human rights law and international norms of refugee protection to secure the principle of asylum, and the implications of the development of a 'Fortress Europe' that is premised on the tight control of non-European migrants are drawn out.
Download or read book Current Issues of UK Asylum Law and Policy written by Frances Nicholson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-12 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1998. This title brings together 18 essays by a selection of experts in the area of refugee and asylum law and policy. Each essay examines an issue of contemporary interest to those working in the refugee field in the UK. They have been selected from papers presented at a highly successful conference on Refugee Rights and Realities which was held at the University of Nottingham in November 1996, organized by the Human Rights Law Centre at the University and funded by the Airey Neave Trust. The essays are organised into two sections. The first covers issues of legal process and policy ranging from the development of asylum law and policy in the UK to the country’s obligations under international law. Special emphasis is placed on the most recent developments surrounding the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act. The second section provides the context for a more detailed examination of the social, health and welfare issues relevant to refugees and asylum seekers. These range from access to health care, housing rights and the education of refugees in London to questions of language and of race relations.
Download or read book Seeking Asylum in the UK written by Colin Harvey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-09 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the emergence of the legal regime in the United Kingdom addressing refugees and asylum seekers.
Download or read book UK Asylum Law and Policy written by Dallal Stevens and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Modern Legal Studies' is a series of short monographs which aims to make a significant contribution to legal scholarship and curriculum development. This title focuses on UK asylum law and policy.
Download or read book Human Rights and the Refugee Definition written by Bruce Burson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2016-02-02 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does human rights law help us to define who qualifies as a refugee? If so, then how? These deceptively simple questions sit at the heart of an intense contemporary debate over whether, or how, interpretation of the refugee definition in the Refugee Convention should take account of human rights law. In Human Rights and the Refugee Definition, Burson and Cantor bring a fine-grained comparative perspective to this debate. For the first time, they collect together in one edited volume over a dozen new studies by leading scholars and practitioners that explore in detail how these legal dynamics play out in a range of national and international jurisdictions and in relation to particular thematic challenges in refugee law.
Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law written by Cathryn Costello and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page 1337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Handbook draws together leading and emerging scholars to provide a comprehensive critical analysis of international refugee law. This book provides an account as well as a critique of the status quo, setting the agenda for future research in the field.
Download or read book The Refugee in International Law written by Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 847 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Millions of people are forced to flee their homes as a result of various forms of persecution. The instruments to secure international protection are the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol. This book examines challenges to the Convention.
Download or read book The Use and Abuse of Political Asylum in Britain and Germany written by Liza Schuster and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All European states have the legal right to grant asylum but only Germany is obliged by law to do so. Liza Schuster contributes to the asylum debate primarily in the area of comparative politics in this study of British and German policies on asylum practice.
Download or read book Asylum after Empire written by Lucy Mayblin and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-04-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asylum seekers are not welcome in Europe. But why is that the case? For many scholars, the policies have become more restrictive over recent decades because the asylum seekers have changed. This change is often said to be about numbers, methods of travel, and reasons for flight. In short: we are in an age of hypermobility and states cannot cope with such volumes of ‘others’. This book presents an alternative view, drawing on theoretical insights from Third World Approaches to International Law, post- and decolonial studies, and presenting new research on the context of the British Empire. The text highlights the fact that since the early 1990s, for the first time, the majority of asylum seekers originate from countries outside of Europe, countries which until 30-60 years ago were under colonial rule. Policies which address asylum seekers must, the book argues, be understood not only as part of a global hypermobile present, but within the context of colonial histories.
Download or read book Haven or Hell written by D. Joly and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-14 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together in a systematic manner three discrete areas of interest pertaining to refugees. Asylum is explored through studies on the evolution of legal instruments in Europe, the harmonisation process of European policies, and the broader spectrum of factors underpinning decisions on asylum. Reception and settlement of refugees are analysed through a comparative study of national programmes in France and Britain and in addition a survey of local authority policies. A typology for refugees is developed and tested by a comparison between Chilean and Vietnamese associations in France and Britain.
Download or read book Refugees and Gender written by Heaven Crawley and published by Jordans Pub. This book was released on 2001 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refugees and Gender: Law and Process examines how those representing asylum seekers can ensure that all gender-related aspects of an asylum claim are considered and appropriately reflected in the determination process. The book aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the concepts of gender-related persecution, as well as a gendered framework for the interpretation of the key elements of the 1951 Refugee Convention. Detailed information is provided on the implications of gender in asylum law, policy and practice in the UK, with comparative case-law and materials from other countries including Canada, US and Australia. Refugees and Gender: Law and Process provides a theoretical overview, an outline of case-law and a practical resource which is intended to improve standards of representation and decision-making, and to increase awareness of the gendered experiences of refugees facing persecution.
Download or read book Refugee Law in the United Kingdom and the European Union written by Nadine El-Enany and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the evolution of United Kingdom (UK) and European Union (EU) refugee law, arguing that there is a problematic relationship between immigration and asylum law in both contexts. UK asylum law emerged initially as an exception to generalised immigration restriction. The origins of the legal concept of asylum lay within the discretionary confines of immigration law - to this extent refugee law was partly constituted by the immigration and border control regime. Similarly the UK's first asylum law took shape in the context of restrictive intergovernmental cooperation between immigration ministers taking place at the European level in the 1980s and 1990s. It is argued that the UK welcomes aspects of EU cooperation that boost its own administrative capacity, but rejects European influence where this threatens to impinge upon its discretion to shape its domestic asylum regime. The UK's flexible opt out allows it to participate in EU measures according to these preferences. This thesis questions whether the EU should tolerate such cherry-picking in respect of a sensitive area of law that affects the lives of vulnerable individuals. While harmonisation demands the setting of minimum asylum standards, the first stage asylum directives consist of an unhappy compromise in permitting a wide scope for discretion for Member States in applying the directives, resulting in diverse practices across the EU. This is untenable in light of the persistence of the Union's "one chance of asylum" rule. Further, it is argued that even if adequate reform of substantive internal protection standards is possible, this is insufficient in the absence of comprehensively addressing the relationship between migration and border control and asylum. In the EU, it is argued that exclusionary migration policy subverts the protective potential of its refugee law. While elements of European refugee law might suggest that EU cooperation embodies an improvement on international protection standards, the EU's exclusionary migration and border control regime severely limits access to protection.
Download or read book Current Issues of UK Asylum Law and Policy written by Frances Nicholson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published in 1998. This title brings together 18 essays by a selection of experts in the area of refugee and asylum law and policy. Each essay examines an issue of contemporary interest to those working in the refugee field in the UK. They have been selected from papers presented at a highly successful conference on Refugee Rights and Realities which was held at the University of Nottingham in November 1996, organized by the Human Rights Law Centre at the University and funded by the Airey Neave Trust. The essays are organised into two sections. The first covers issues of legal process and policy ranging from the development of asylum law and policy in the UK to the country's obligations under international law. Special emphasis is placed on the most recent developments surrounding the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act. The second section provides the context for a more detailed examination of the social, health and welfare issues relevant to refugees and asylum seekers. These range from access to health care, housing rights and the education of refugees in London to questions of language and of race relations.
Download or read book Asylum Law and Practice written by Mark Symes and published by Lexis Nexis UK. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 865 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book deals exclusively with the substantive law and practice surrounding the legal representation of those seeking to remain in the UK as refugees, or whose removal would otherwise breach their human rights. It deals comprehensively with the new procedures and framework of the Nationality Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 including asylum claims and monitoring, appeals and statutory review, procedure before adjudicators and the Immigration Appeal Tribunal, with guidance on drafting grounds of appeal. It draws together decisions of the higher courts and the largely unreported determinations of the IAT, and places them in the broader context of decision making in the English speaking jurisdictions abroad: Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA. There is also detailed coverage of the "asylum" consequences of the ECHR and a full account of the interpretation of the Articles of the Refugee Convention in UK law.
Download or read book Textbook on Immigration and Asylum Law written by Gina Clayton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 669 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume examines the law and system of control which govern immigration and asylum in the UK. It begins with the historical and legal context, explains who is subject to immigration control, and describes the legal and administrative structure of the system.
Download or read book Asylum written by Miranda Lewis and published by Institute for Public Policy Research. This book was released on 2005 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IPPR's pioneering People and Policy team asked focus groups in five regions across the UK about their attitudes to asylum seekers. The results are contradictory and often shocking with profound consequences for public policy.
Download or read book Bureaucracy Law and Dystopia in the United Kingdom s Asylum System written by John R. Campbell and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-12 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Home Office and the UK Border Agency -- The work of immigration officers -- Litigation as a window illuminating the work of case owners/caseworkers -- Analysis -- Analysis of the work of HOPOs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Taking and making refugee claims: the work of immigration caseworkers, interpreters and barristers -- Translating a story of flight into a claim of persecution -- The case of Eritrea/DA -- Preparing for the appeal: the work of caseworkers, barristers' clerks and barristers -- Conclusion -- Notes
