Country Of First Asylum Research Articles

Australia's New Refugee Policies: A Practitioner's Point of View

Australia, one of the major resettlement countries for the world's refugees, is to become a country of first asylum. As a result of recent amendments, Australia will recognize two classes of refugees; those granted refugee status overseas and accepted for resettlement, and those granted refugee status within Australia. Proposed changes to the refugee status determination procedures will include, defining ‘refugee’ in the Migration Act in terms of the definition in the 1951 UN Convention and 1967 Protocol; procedural and evidential provisions; and the incorporation of ‘natural justice’ safeguards. The author queries whether the UNHCR Handbook requirement, providing for formal reconsideration of negative decisions, will be adequately addressed, for a decision by the Minister to refuse refugee status will not be reviewable under Australia's improved immigration review system. Furthermore, the natural justice’ safeguards do not empower the court to consider a case ‘on the merits', an option of vital importance to unsuccessful applicants. In contrast with refugees admitted to Australia under the resettlement programme, those recognized in theinland procedure will be issued temporary entry permits valid for not more than four years, at which time they may apply for permanent residence, subject to the availability of places. If permanent residence is refused, but a continuing need for protection remains, a further temporary entry permit may be granted. In the past, such ‘onshore' refugees were promptly processed for residence; by stepping back from this practice, Australia joins the ranks of countries willing to provide only temporary solutions, effectively becoming not only a ‘country of first asylum', but also a country of uncertain sanctuary.

Citizen of Ethiopia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

500The individual in international law — Aliens — Expulsion of — Right of expulsion — Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, 1951 — Articles 1 and 33 — ‘Country of first asylum’ — Ethiopian refugee staying in Somalia, Yemen and Kuwait and visiting Italy before arriving in the United Kingdom — Extension of leave to remain and permission to work denied — Whether appellant therefore obliged to return to Ethiopia — The law of England

Canada - A Country of First Asylum

Editorial.

Canada As A Country of First Asylum

Canada As A Country of First Asylum

Refugees: Goodbye to the Good Old Days

The era of relative simplicity in refugee affairs has ended. Legal challenges, economic difficulties in the industrialized democracies, and the inability of some countries of first asylum to allow refugees to remain in their territories have contributed to a sense of crisis. This has come about because of confusion between refugees and economic migrants and a perception that greater numbers of people are on the move, in more uncontrollable ways, than ever before. Finally, economic and employment problems, which are themselves cyclical, lead to protectionist measures that can become fixed in law. To keep our commitments to genuine refugees and the system of protection and assistance that has evolved over 60 years of international cooperation, two things are needed. The first is to maintain the integrity of the definition of a refugee as it exists in international treaty and U.S. statute. The tendency to wish to extend those privileges to all unfortunate people is understandable, but will surely erode the special status reserved to victims of persecution. The second is to design joint resettlement and development projects that can benefit a broader class of displaced persons. This will relieve population pressures on first-asylum countries; avoid eligibility determinations that sometimes result in stark life-and-death choices; and, by helping development, also contribute to ameliorating some of the root causes of forced migration.

Advancement preparation and settlement needs of South-East Asian refugee women.

This paper describes briefly the background, family composition, and some of the problems of South‐East Asian refugee women who meet the requirements for resettlement, and goes on to comment on the kinds of resettlement preparation in the countries of first asylum. Finally, additional forms of assistance that might be offered, both before and after resettlement, are discussed.

Cuban Lawyers: Ten Years Later*

International MigrationVolume 10, Issue 3 p. 109-114 Cuban Lawyers: Ten Years Later* Raul Moncarz, Raul MoncarzSearch for more papers by this author Raul Moncarz, Raul MoncarzSearch for more papers by this author First published: July 1972 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.1972.tb00891.xCitations: 1 * There have been several studies related to Cuban refugees in the United States, such as the one done by the University of Miami on the Impact of Cuban Refugees to the Miami area, also, John Thomas, ‘U.S.A. as a Country of First Asylum‘, and others, but none has gone into a detailed study of the professional adaptation of any specific group of refugees. This paper tends to fill the gap. This paper was supported by a grant from the Office of Manpower Policy, Evaluation and Research, U.S. Department of Labor pursuant to the provisions of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962. AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume10, Issue3July 1972Pages 109-114 RelatedInformation

Psychological Aspects of the Social Isolation of Refugees

The purpose of this paper is to draw a picture of the social status of a special group of Refugees and to illustrate their individual and group mechanisms of adjustment to the conditions of environmental stress to which they are exposed. This exercise is not purely a descriptive one. I think it is possible to view these people in terms of a wider frame of reference than the exclusive Refugee situation. Their efforts successful and unsuccessful are illustrative of similar mechanisms of reaction to stress of other minority groups in other comparable social situations and if we can extract the essential psycho-dynamic interrelationships that are set up we are in a position to hazard a few generalizations about some aspects of human social behaviour. A few general words should be said about the World Refugee situation of which my study concerns only a relatively small but special aspect. Refugees are persons who have left their country of origin for political racial or religious reasons and cannot or do not wish to avail themselves of the protection of that country. Such refugees are the concern of the international community and fall within the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. In addition some countries of first asylum receive a continuous flow of persons whose motives for leaving their country of origin are less clearly defined and frequently appear to be of an economic nature. These are considered to be refugees in the broad sense. (excerpt)

U.S.A. as a Country of First Asylum

International MigrationVolume 3, Issue 1-2 p. 5-16 U.S.A. as a Country of First Asylum JOHN F. THOMAS, JOHN F. THOMASSearch for more papers by this author JOHN F. THOMAS, JOHN F. THOMASSearch for more papers by this author First published: January 1965 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2435.1965.tb00725.xCitations: 1AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Citing Literature Volume3, Issue1-2January 1965Pages 5-16 RelatedInformation