Refugee status under international law
At a Glance
26-10-2015
Over the past few years, the number of migrants requesting international protection has increased exponentially. The Geneva Convention on refugees and its subsequent Protocol entitle refugees to international protection, most importantly to the right not to be returned to their home countries. However, they define refugees in a restrictive manner, thus excluding many other categories of international migrants from the rights provided therein.
At a Glance
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- aid to refugees
- cooperation policy
- EU body for police and judicial cooperation
- EU law - international law
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- illegal migration
- international affairs
- international human rights law
- international law
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- LAW
- migration
- political refugee
- POLITICS
- politics and public safety
- refugee
- right of asylum
- rights and freedoms
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- UN convention