Questions tagged [refugees]
Questions about displaced persons that have fled their home country and are unable to return safely with regard to politics or government policies
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Why did the UK Parliament not close all legal routes for appeal when passing the Safety of Rwanda act?
The Safety of Rwanda is quite broad but as per the opinion of legal experts it still leaves some routes for appeal:
Section 4(4) goes on to provide for very limited circumstances in
which a court can ...
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What are the factors that may explain why there's a much higher cap set by Canada for Ukrainian temporary visa holders than Palestinians?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gaza-visa-winnipeg-reaction-1.7076386
On Dec. 21, Marc Miller, Canada's federal minister responsible for
immigration and refugees, announced the new program to ...
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Civil rights of Lebanese Palestinians
What is the position of American and European civil right groups on the situation of Palestinians in Lebanon?
From the Wikipedia article Palestinians in Lebanon:
Most Palestinians in Lebanon do not ...
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Has the designation and treatment of refugees stemming from Arab-Israeli conflicts been consistent with international refugee law?
Refugees are people who were forced to leave their home countries, due to war or a natural disaster. Yet Arab-Israeli cases seem to necessitate a more nuanced definition of “refugee”, due to the ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
Israel has been urging Palestinians to move south and leave Gaza city since the start of the war, with their war on Hamas fighters, a high number of civilians are falling casualties.
Israel could have ...
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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
According to a former Mossad "division chief", Rami Igra, interviewed on CNN the population from Khan Yunis is asked to move by the sea, where "big tent cities are being established&...
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Why were refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza now?
During the civil war in Syria, that started in 2011, around five millions of Syrians have fled the country and have been accepted as refugees by Turkey, Germany, Sweden, Jordan, and many other ...
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Is there no presumption in international law that people fleeing from a country at war are valid refugee applicants?
A fairly upvoted answer to a Q here writes:
There is no obligation to "accept them" if they are still in Gaza
IMHO there is a difference however between just being in Gaza and standing ...
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Why has the EU not used the Temporary Protection Directive for refugees from Syria?
Wikipedia says:
The Temporary Protection Directive (TPD; Council Directive 2001/55/EC) is a 2001 European Union directive providing for immediate, temporary protection for displaced people from ...
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Is the requirement to accept refugees unconditional in international law, even in the case of a forced population transfer?
In a translation of a document allegedly leaked from the Israeli government the following claim appears:
Israel should act to evacuate the civilian population [of Gaza] to Sinai. [...] and the return ...
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Are the Levant countries not accepting more refugees?
There's again war in the Middle East, and where's war, there's displaced people who seek asylum.
But it seems the neighboring countries are struggling with refugees from the previous one.
According to ...
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What are some rich, non-European/American countries' policies on refugee admissions?
With the Ukraine war and the arrival of many Ukrainian refugees into European countries, as well as Canada/USA, there has been talk of double standards when it comes to refugee admissions.
Russia-...
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Why did Eastern EU members embrace refugees from Ukraine but not refugees from other nations? [duplicate]
During the Russian Ukrainian war, Eastern EU members have accepted millions of Ukrainian refugees without complaint. This was in stark contrast to refugees from Africa and the Middle East which were ...
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What's AfD's vision for the Ukrainian refugees in Germany?
Reportedly
While protesting in Leipzig in October against Russia’s war in Ukraine, Anastasia, 21, was confronted by AfD counter-protesters screaming “Nazis out” at her and fellow Ukrainians.
The AfD ...
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How long will the war in Ukraine have to last for Ukrainian refugees to become permanent residents?
If the war in Ukraine were to end tomorrow, it is likely that the majority of Ukrainian refugees would have their status revoked and be asked to return home. However, if the war were to last for 20 ...
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