scholarly journals Research into the psychological well-being of young refugees

2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 60-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnie Lau ◽  
Trang Thomas
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Social Group ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Psychological Well Being ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Political Opinion ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The Status ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Interest in the psychological well-being of refugees and asylum seekers has steadily grown in recent years. Latest estimates indicate there are 32.9 million people of concern to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (2006). A refugee is defined as being in that position because of a well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, nationality, social group or political opinion, and who is consequently outside and unable to return to his or her country. The status of ‘refugee’ is contrasted with that of a person seeking asylum, whose experiences may be similar but who is not formally determined in the same way.

The Challenges of Registration of Asylum-Seekers in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Sarah Mahmoud al-Arasi ◽  
Muneer Mohammad Shahada al-Afaishat ◽  
Tareq Majed al-Tibi
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Armed Conflict ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Asylum Law ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
Identification Documents ◽  
Card System ◽  
Magnetic Card ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Abstract This study aims to identify difficulties and challenges facing countries without a National Registration Law, with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan as model. Jordan, in compliance with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), regulates the presence of refugees and asylum seekers inside the Kingdom and at its borders in accordance with the UNHCR 1998 Memorandum of Understanding. Many such individuals have lost their identification documents when forced to leave their homelands due to armed conflict. Jordanian authorities try to solve such problems through the use of a magnetic-card system and iris scans. This study concludes that Jordan, in ratio to its population, is the second country worldwide to host the largest number of refugees. This study recommends that Jordan enact a National Asylum Law to regulate the presence of such refugees in the Kingdom.

A corpus-based approach to discourses of refugees and asylum seekers in UN and newspaper texts

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Baker ◽  
Tony McEnery
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Asylum Seeker ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Lexical Choice ◽  
Essential Aspect ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

A corpus-based analysis of discourses of refugees and asylum seekers was carried out on data taken from a range of British newspapers and texts from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees website, both published in 2003. Concordances of the terms refugee(s) and asylum seeker(s) were examined and grouped along patterns which revealed linguistic traces of discourses. Discourses which framed refugees as packages, invaders, pests or water were found in newspaper texts, although there were also cases of negative discourses found in the UNHCR texts, revealing how difficult it is to disregard dominant discourses. Lexical choice was found to be an essential aspect of maintaining discourses of asylum seekers — collocational analyses of terms like failed vs. rejected revealed the underlying attitudes of the writers towards the subject.

scholarly journals The Broadening Protection Gap for Stateless Palestinian Refugees in Belgium

2020 ◽  
pp. 300-316
Author(s):  
Wout Van Doren ◽  
Julie Lejeune ◽  
Marjan Claes ◽  
Valérie Klein
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
Determination Procedure ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The Status ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Stateless Person

This paper reflects upon the issue of statelessness, Palestinians and a recent evolution of Belgian caselaw. When seeking to apply the definition of a ‘stateless person’, as found in art 1 of the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons to Palestinians, judges are confronted with specific challenges. Since 2016, divergent standards are developing as to the question of whether, and in which circumstances, Palestinians may be stateless for the purposes of international law. This evolution takes place in a national landscape characterised by a statelessness determination procedure that falls short of standards set out in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook on Protection of Stateless Persons in a number of areas, while a growing number of asylum seekers originating from Palestine are registered over the period 2016–19. This paper exposes, anno 2020, the protection gaps left open by the remarkably divergent approaches to this question taken by the different national actors involved.

IDPs and refugees in the OSCE area

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Volker Türk
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
United Nations ◽  
North Africa ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Internally Displaced Persons ◽  
60Th Anniversary ◽  
Internally Displaced ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The Status

AbstractThis year marks the 60th anniversary of the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness. And yet there are almost 5 million refugees and internally displaced persons in the OSCE area. The crisis in North Africa and the Middle East is creating a vast new displacement challenge, including for OSCE participating States. What are the legal and policy gaps in terms of protection? And what steps are the OSCE and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) taking to tackle the problem of IDPs, refugees and statelessness in the OSCE?

6. Refugees and asylum-seekers

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalid Koser
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
International Protection ◽  
The Status ◽  
Durable Solutions ◽  
Local Integration ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

Asylum-seekers are those who have applied for international protection. Asylum status is still governed by the 1951 United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. ‘Refugees and asylum-seekers’ explains the changing geography of refugees and the causes and consequences of refugee movements. Refugees tend not to travel very far, putting strain on the poorest countries, and mostly settle in camps, which suffer from aid misappropriation. There are three durable solutions for refugees: voluntary repatriation, local integration, and third-country settlement. Each can be problematic and none is working well at the moment, as demonstrated by rising numbers of refugees, the increasing proportion of protracted refugee situations, and fewer returns.

scholarly journals THE STATUS OF REFUGEE RIGHTS IN LIGHT OF MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AND MECHANISM OF IMPLEMENTATION

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1215-1226
Author(s):  
Sarah Mahmoud Al-Arasi ◽  
Khalid Rbye Ayd Alhuayan
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Field Study ◽  
International Law ◽  
Random Sample ◽  
Refugee Camp ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
United Nations High Commissioner ◽  
High Commissioner ◽  
The Status ◽  
The United Nations

Purpose: According to the importance of the refugee issue and refugee rights and since that Hashimte Kingdom of Jordan did not join the 1951 convention of refugees status and its 1967 protocol and managed to sign the memorandum of understanding instead with UNHCR, this study aimed to tackle the issue of refugees rights and duties between reality and implementation in Jordan. Methodology: This study adopted the descriptive, analytical, and comparative methodology of international and regional conventions, in addition to the comparison between the Jordanian legislation and the Memorandum of Understanding on Refugees with the provisions of international law. Also, it utilized the empirical method by conducting a field study. Main Findings: Results gained from the questionnaire concluded the refugees on Jordanian territory got rights more than what was stipulated on in the memorandum of understanding signed between the Jordan government and the United Nations high commissioner for refugees’ affairs (UNHCR). It also found out that the majority of refugees committed to their responsibilities in maintaining general security and order. Implications/Applications: This study has addressed the implications of the memorandum of understanding signed between the Jordan government and the United Nations high commissioner for refugees' affairs (UNHCR) by its analysis and application on a random sample of 150 refugees in Jordan, including Syrians in the biggest refugee camp in Jordan; Al- Zaatari refugee camp, in addition to the implications of the memorandum on Iraqi and Yemeni refugees in Jordan. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study was based on the memorandum of understanding between Jordan and (UNHCR) that was signed in the background of the refugee crisis that our countries witnessed. However, this study was the first to analyze the articles of the memorandum of understanding mentioned above and was backed up with a field study on a random sample of 150 Syrian refugees in Jordan refugees’ camps.

scholarly journals Defiance and Compliance:  Australia and the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Danika Grandkoski
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

<p>An analysis of Australia’s level of compliance with the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (the Convention) according to theories of compliance, suggests that no single compliance theory can adequately explain both instances of violation and instances of compliance. Much of Australia’s violation of the Convention, and subsequently other international human rights treaties, stems from more recent legislative changes though Australia’s offshore processing initiatives. Collectively theories of compliance are useful for identifying the driving factors which govern Australia’s handling of international obligations under the Convention. Liberal compliance theory indicates civil society and non-state actors are the most influential drivers ensuring the state is held accountable for upholding its obligations and responsibilities. Constructivist compliance theory suggests the greatest pull towards non-compliance is Australia’s notion of national identity which has influenced discriminatory policies throughout its history. National identity remains an influential driver as evidenced by current politicisation of discussion surrounding refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and subsequent legislative agendas.</p>

scholarly journals Defiance and Compliance:  Australia and the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Danika Grandkoski
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
The Status ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Legislative Changes ◽  
Refugees And Asylum Seekers

<p>An analysis of Australia’s level of compliance with the United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (the Convention) according to theories of compliance, suggests that no single compliance theory can adequately explain both instances of violation and instances of compliance. Much of Australia’s violation of the Convention, and subsequently other international human rights treaties, stems from more recent legislative changes though Australia’s offshore processing initiatives. Collectively theories of compliance are useful for identifying the driving factors which govern Australia’s handling of international obligations under the Convention. Liberal compliance theory indicates civil society and non-state actors are the most influential drivers ensuring the state is held accountable for upholding its obligations and responsibilities. Constructivist compliance theory suggests the greatest pull towards non-compliance is Australia’s notion of national identity which has influenced discriminatory policies throughout its history. National identity remains an influential driver as evidenced by current politicisation of discussion surrounding refugees and asylum seekers in Australia and subsequent legislative agendas.</p>

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