CHECK THESE SAMPLES OF The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act 2002
Asylum Seekers Statistics in Britain The number of individuals applying for refugee in Britain peaked in 2002.... The subsequent two years, the number stood above 70,000 and in 2002, the number recorded a new level of 84,139 applicants.... In that case, if an individual's case for seeking asylum is not conventional, she or he is not granted with humanitarian protection or decretory leave.... However, this evidence contradicts with the existing assumption that, refuges in reality are economic migrants, thus not all refugees from the ten mentioned countries are in dire need of protection....
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Essay
As of its enactment, the Act makes it a crime for a person not to have a valid document identifying their nationality and identity to the immigration authorities upon arrival in the UK.... Parliament's intent in adopting the Asylum and Immigration act of 2004 is that it will assist in efforts to fight organized criminal activity, move the process of appeals along faster and will make certain asylum seekers do not prevent their removal from the country by 'losing' their documentation....
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million people of concern to the agency worldwide as of 1 January 2002, of which over 12 million were refugees and 940,800 were asylum seekers.... (Refugee, 2005a)Europe: While in terms of absolute numbers the UK received more applicants (85,865) than any other EU country in 2002.... When compared to the size of the total national population among European countries to host asylum seekers, the UK ranked only 8th in Europe in 2002 and 12th over the past decade as a whole (1992-2001)....
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The 1996 Act has been amended by the immigration Act 1999, the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Act 2000 and the immigration Act 2003.... The 1996 Refugee act is the principal piece of domestic legislation dealing with refugees and asylum seekers.... The act incorporates the 1951 Geneva Convention into domestic law.... he Refugee act 1996 (as amended)The Refugee act 1996 (as amended) was implemented in full on 20 November 2000....
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?? The aim of this paper is to trace the events that led to the awareness of… I intend to discuss the development of the refugee protection laws and at the same time discussion on the term “refugees” as defined by the 1951 Convention, OAU and Cartagena Declaration shall also be added.... But the awareness about their rights, their protection and legislation came into spotlight with the formation of “League of Nations.... Jaeger (2001) writes in his article “On the History of International protection of Refugees” that approximately 1....
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immigration and immigrant are terms that are now being treated synonymously with “foreigners” or “outsiders” (Goldberg, 2008).... However, immigration is an emotive subject in contemporary society as it provokes very strong racist feelings.... Discussions on immigration illicit distorted views and misconceptions from mainstream media and politicians.... Much as globalisation has facilitated free movement of populations across international borders, immigration policies aimed at managing migrant populations discriminates against refugees and asylum-seekers in the UK....
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Case Study
The paper "State protection Refugees Fleeing From Prosecution" offers a critical appraisal of the international law relative to states' responsibility to protect refugees from persecution.... hellip; Article 3 of the 1951 Convention imposes upon contracting state a duty to consider applications for asylum and protection generally on the part of refugees indiscriminately.... The fact that refugees are persons escaping violations of human rights abuses per se, implies that human rights remain an issue for protection....
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Term Paper
This paper 'The Impact of Refugees as the Cause of Host State refugee Conflict" focuses on the fact that there is a need to rephrase the perception of refugees as limited to a humanitarian problem and include the political problem especially in terms of security.... nbsp;… Refugees are seen as a problem to the international charitable organizations and people ignore different political, economic, and social problems that refugee carries to the host country....
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Literature review