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...to present the reasons why he is fleeing form his home country. It is up to the authorities in the host country to assess the application and grant or refuse the application on several grounds. In most developed countries the reasons for seeking asylum is segmented to seven categories and each category has its own rules and processes (Hynes, 2011). Thus each application has to be put into one of the seven categories. When this is done, the relevant rules would be invoked based on the facts presented by the applicant. If the application is consistent with the rules for the specific category the application goes through, the asylum would be granted. And when this is done, a person's status is upgraded from...
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... seekers came from Iran, Zimbabwe, China, Iraq and Somali thus accounting for 38% of all the applicants (Home Office 2004, p.29). From the available empirical evidence, discrimination and repression against minorities, abuse of human rights and ethnic conflicts are the key driving forces in the increased number of asylum seekers in Britain from the above-mentioned countries. This was experienced between 1990 and 2000. 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. This is because, decisions and reasons by an individual to vacate his or her country are extremely complex... . In the general...
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...Refugees and Asylum seekers in the U.S Immigration has been a common practice within the human culture and has been evidenced by the frameworks that have been crafted within government structures of different countries to deal with the feature. Governments acknowledge that there exists immigration into or out of these countries either legally or even illegally and thus the need for regulatory frameworks. However, there are international human rights that influence government decisions surrounding immigration and which are generally accepted within the international context. Nevertheless, every nation has her foreign policies as decisions that point to the future on accounts of other nations as against...
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...Public services to asylum seekers and refugees
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The dissertation focuses on the provision of public services to asylum seekers and refugees, emphasizing that less than equitable access has functioned against their successful integration into British society and their assimilation of British culture. Given that the primary cause of demographic and population changes in the country since 1998 has been immigration, whether in the form of refugees or asylum seekers, this is a serious problem. It is serious insofar as the increasing marginalisation of the identified group lends to the creation of communities within communities,...
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...fuels movements of irregular migrants and asylum seekers. Many immigrants and refugees are subsequently entitled to be joined by their dependants. UK, European policy makers, and organizations employing migrants, need to know how legislative impacts on migration issues. (Migration)
European Border Police and expanded Database
Under the Spanish presidency, immigration and asylum policy was made a priority issue at the summit conference of 2003 according to which common guidelines for handling people seeking asylum are to be developed. According to Chancellor Gerhard Schroder "The ultimate goal of harmonizing the right to...
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...PROTECTING ASYLUM SEEKERS The European Convention on Human Rights 1950 Versus UN Convention on Status of Refugees 1951". Introduction The provisions of European Conventions on Human Rights, 1950 vis-'-vis those in UN Convention on Status of Refugees, 1951 have been found to be more effective in providing protection for the asylum seekers within European countries. In most countries, an individual appeal to an international tribunal can only be done under provisions of European convention on Human Rights, 1950. This is the most effective safeguard for asylum seekers and refugees despite it giving priority to individuals over the state. Many principles laid down by the Court have played a significant role in securing the rights... of...
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...in the 1951 Geneva Convention that defined their status in legal terms and highlighted their need for care and a safe haven. A refugee or asylum seeker is a vulnerable adult defined by the Department of health as someone “who is or may be in need of community care services by reason of mental or other disability, age or illness and who is or may be unable to take care of himself or herself or unable to protect himself or herself against significant harm or serious exploitation.” (DOH 2000). There is a high incidence of mental illness reported among refugees and asylum seekers, which may arise due to a variety of causes and there is an urgent need to address the health...
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...UK immigration policies exclude asylum seekers Asylum and Asylum seeker
The meaning of the word ‘Asylum’ is protection against persecution (Andrés, Kenyon, Birkholz, 2004:110).Persecution can be of many types when viewed in the international context. One of the online dictionaries explains asylum as “protection and immunity from extradition granted by a government to a political refugee from another country” (The free dictionary, n. d.). From the above meaning and definition of the word ‘asylum’, the meaning of ‘asylum seeker’ can be easily understood....
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...Ethics and Asylum seekers in Australia Introduction: BBC News (Asia-Pacific In 2002 Australia has been criticized by aid agencies, and religious groups because of the so called “Pacific Solution”. It was the policy Australia made regarding the boat people seeking refuge in Australian territory. Australia has funded two separate camps, one in Papua New Guinea, and the other one is in a small island of Nauru, the smallest republic in the world. The issue started when MV Tampa, a Norwegian vessel carrying 400 Afghan asylum seekers who were rescued from a sinking boat in the Indian Ocean in 2001 have been denied entry to any Australian territory, including in a far flung...
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...education and employment 2009). In UK, “out of 500,000 migrants to the UK in 2007, only 23,430 were applications for asylum (falling from a peak of 84,000 in 2002)” (The health needs of asylum seekers n.d.). The basic process of the asylum seekers claiming for asylums can be understood by the following chart:
Figure 2: A basic overview of the asylum process (The health needs of asylum seekers n.d.).
Asylum Seekers in the UK: Claims, Legal Implications, Supports, and Challenges:
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