Making Human Rights a Reality for Refugee Children: A Prerequisite to Local Integration as a Durable Solution

2016 ◽  
pp. 227-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Emily Arnold-Fernández
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Local Integration

Working Toward Recognition of the Rights of Migrant and Refugee Children

2020 ◽  
pp. 674-695
Author(s):  
Sarah Paoletti
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Best Interests ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Next Generation ◽  
Rights Of The Child

This chapter addresses the rights of migrant and refugee children who increasingly are forced into migration, either alone or with members of their family, due to violence, civil war, poverty, economic degradation, and other often-intersecting factors. While addressing the rights and obligations set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child and other international and regional human rights instruments, the chapter further seeks to bring attention to the complexity and fluidity of migration and the motives that spurn migration; the role of family in serving the child’s best interests; and the scope of considerations that must be accounted for in seeking to ensure that the next generation of immigrants is positioned to thrive.

scholarly journals The Protection of Internally Displaced Children in Africa: A Doctrinal Analysis of Article 23(4) of the African Children's Charter

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Romola Adeola ◽  
Benyam D Mezmur
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Internal Displacement ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
Welfare Of The Child ◽  
Displaced Children ◽  
African Charter

Abstract This article considers the protection of, and assistance for, internally displaced children (IDCs) in Africa. Internal displacement has become one of Africa's most pressing human rights challenges. Over the last decade, millions of persons have been internally displaced on the continent by conflict, disaster and other causes. Children are one of the most affected categories of persons, given the implications of displacement for them. Article 23(4) of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child incorporates specific protection for IDCs. This article examines the protection of IDCs in the context of this regional framework. It argues that, while article 23(4) requires that both refugee children and IDCs should be accorded the same protection from a rights-based perspective, it also requires that the protection of IDCs should be construed with reference to the Kampala Convention, which is the most recent applicable regional regime governing internal displacement.

scholarly journals The educational needs of refugees in a multicultural world: An innovative solution to the problem

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-254
Author(s):  
Kamil Arif Kırkıç ◽  
Ayşe Perihan Kırkıç ◽  
Şeyma Berberoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Forced Migration ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Educational Services ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Innovative Solution ◽  
Quality Of Food ◽  
New System

In the last few decades, forced migration movements increased and caused a number of people to leave their countries and homes. In this context, especially existence and quality of food, health and educational services have great importance. Refugee children do not only need to have an access to humanitarian needs but also education. Even though it may be hard for the host countries to make a new system or have the refugees adapt to the established system, getting this responsibility is crucial in context of human rights. Education system of Turkey should be arranged according to the refugees and respect their identities. In this paper, a multicultural model proposal is presented to establish a better education life for Syrian refugees in Turkey

Conclusion

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina Sharpe
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Refugee Convention ◽  
Freedom Of Movement ◽  
Effective Implementation ◽  
Local Integration ◽  
International Responsibility ◽  
Institutional Architecture ◽  
Key Terms

Chapter 8 concludes with a summary of the book’s main findings, which relate to the initial impetus for a regional refugee instrument, the meaning of key terms of the 1969 Convention, its relationships with the international refugee convention and with regional human rights law, and the institutional architecture supportive of this treaty framework. It also addresses several overarching issues: the lack of formal supervision of the 1969 Convention, the challenge of effective implementation, and both negative and constructive forms of international responsibility sharing. Finally, it suggests a protection priority the AU and states should focus on going forward: fostering the local integration of refugees in protracted situations, including by respecting refugees’ work rights and their freedom of movement.

scholarly journals Humanitarian Solutions to Improve Dignity and Wellbeing for Rohingya Refugees In Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh Hart
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Aid ◽  
Medium Term ◽  
Human Rights Abuses ◽  
Holistic Strategy ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
Durable Solutions ◽  
Local Integration

There are almost 1 million Rohingya refugees currently living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The vast majority of these people are confined to government-run camps—they live in deplorable conditions, are unable to legally work or leave the camps, and are entirely supported by international aid. The Rohingya suffer from a distinct lack of access to durable solutions, in that safe return to Myanmar is not possible and the prospects of local integration or resettlement to a third country are extremely limited. While ending refugee crises invariably requires long-term political solutions, this article will argue that where repeated efforts to pressure Myanmar to address its human rights abuses and create the conditions for safe and voluntary repatriation have proven ineffective, more attention should be paid to shorter-term humanitarian solutions. Potential interim strategies designed to increase self-sufficiency, dignity and wellbeing will be assessed with a view to developing a holistic strategy that can provide short- and medium-term support, while a longer-term political solution to what is one of world’s most severe humanitarian crises is sought.

scholarly journals Detention of Refugee Children in Malaysia and Thailand

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 59
Author(s):  
Samitra Parthiban ◽  
Khoo Ying Hooi
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Refugee Convention ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Governmental Organizations ◽  
Legal Method ◽  
Non Governmental Organizations ◽  
State Actors ◽  
Rights Issues

The refugee issue in Malaysia and Thailand is one of the most protracted human rights issues that both countries face. Regardless of abundant requests and advocacies by non-state actors, both locally and internationally, to persuade the governments of Thailand and Malaysia to provide protection to refugees, the fate of these refugees remain uncertain. One of the key limitations for the human rights protection of the refugees is that both countries did not sign the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, moreover, both Thailand and Malaysia do not treat the refugee issue as a domestic problem. This paper examines the detention of refugee children in Malaysia and Thailand with the main intention to advocate for the method of Alternatives to Detention (ATD) as a solution to the shortcomings in a legal method. Based on that, this paper first explores the human rights situation of refugee children in detentions by looking into the current detention practices of both countries. Secondly, this paper examines the strategies and tactics of how the local Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) advocate and convince their governments to adopt the approach of ATD.

Moderating uncertainty: The reception of refugee children in the German early childhood education and care sector

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonia Scholz
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Education And Care ◽  
Local Integration

Abstract Located at the crossroads of integration and early childhood education and care (ECEC) policies, this article draws on empirical research conducted from the perspective of ECEC centres to provide insights into the local reception of refugee children in Germany. In recent years, the ECEC sector in Germany has faced the challenge of organizing access to childcare for many newly arrived children and their families—a process that has been shaped by uncertainty for policymakers and service providers alike. The article analyses data from the first survey among ECEC centres throughout Germany on this topic. It sheds light on enrolment patterns of refugee children, admission procedures, support structures and local collaboration. The results reveal the uncertainties that ECEC centres faced after the 2015 ‘refugee crisis’, and their diverse approaches. To better understand the role of ECEC centres as crucial actors in local integration processes, a conceptualization as ‘street-level’ organizations is suggested.

scholarly journals Analysis of a Project Conducted on Unaccompanied Refugees Children (MERNAs)

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 116-124
Author(s):  
Eva Aguaded-Ramírez ◽  
Pierette Bartolomei-Torres ◽  
Georgia Angelidou
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Educational Intervention ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Habitual Residence ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews

“An Unaccompanied Refugee children is a person under the age of 18, who is afraid of being persecuted, whose rights are threatened and is forced to leave his / her habitual residence and / or country of origin and is outside it, without the accompaniment of parents, relatives or other adult person, who, by law or custom, is responsible. “ (Angelidou & Aguaded, 2016). According to the Human Rights Watch researches (2016), serious crimes against refugees and immigrants children are being committed. The Government of Spain announced that they expect to relocate a total of 586 people before the end of 2017. At present, the number of refugees in Spain is more than 470. Specifically, Andalusia became, in September 2016, the first Spanish community that manages to relocate unaccompanied refugees children. The objective of this research is to analyze the socio-educational intervention, which is being carried out with these children. For this, the method used was in-depth interviews, y cuestionarios,  which results offer very diverse information, from which we can conclude that there is a way forward, which is leading to improvements for children.

Part VI Refugee Rights and Realities, Ch.54 The Right to Education

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dryden-Peterson Sarah ◽  
Mariën Hania
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Refugee Children ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
Cultural Rights ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
Public Resources ◽  
Enforcement Mechanisms ◽  
The Right ◽  
Recent Policy

This chapter examines the right to education of refugees. International human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the Refugee Convention, provide a framework for the right to education for refugees. As a social right, and as reflected in the ICESCR, the right to education is to be progressively realized and requires positive action and allocation of funding. Like all human rights, it is dependent on action by government, the availability of public resources, and enforcement mechanisms. The devolution of responsibility for the education of refugees to States through recent policy further entrenches the role of the State in respecting, protecting, and fulfilling refugees’ right to education. The chapter then explores the intersection of global and national frameworks for the right to education for refugees and its realization in the form of access to schools. Despite the widely embraced global articulation of the right to education for all refugee children, the realization of the right to education is highly variable, being largely dependent upon their State of asylum.

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