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Article 1 F(c) of the 1951 Convention: Denying refugee status because of acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations

The present document constitutes a summary of some of the main points discussed during the seminar. It is not a full record of proceedings and the views expressed do not necessarily represent those of the Refugee Law Initiative. Professor Goodwin-Gill delivered the following paper.

Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS) Website

This new website (http://prsproject.org/) on Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS), developed by the Refugee Studies Centre, provides key facts and figures (http://www.prsproject.org/protracted-refugee-situations/), information and resources related to the study of protracted displacement, including:  – Case studies (http://www.prsproject.org/case-studies/): insights into historical and contemporary Protracted Refugee Situations in countries ranging from Africa to Asia, Europe and South America … Continue reading Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS) Website

Protracted Displacement and Chronic Poverty in Eastern,Burma/Myanmar

The Thailand Burma Border Consortium’s (TBBC’s) 2010 survey of internal displacement in eastern Burma is now available for download from http://www.tbbc.org/resources/resources.htm#idps TBBC has collaborated with community based partners to document the scale and characterstics of dispalcement in eastern Burma since 2002. This year’s survey included household poverty assessments across eastern Burma and compared the results … Continue reading Protracted Displacement and Chronic Poverty in Eastern,Burma/Myanmar

Criminalization and Victimization of Migrants in Europe

please find below the table of contents of Criminalization and  Victimization of Migrants in Europe and the link to the full book  (pdf): http://www.reseau-terra.eu/IMG/pdf/criminalisation.pdf **CONTENTSIntroduction, Salvatore PALIDDA General aspects– Media and the war on immigration, Marcello MANERI– The Detention Machine, Federico RAHOLA– The U.S. Penal Experiment, Alessandro De GIORGI– The methamorphosis of asylum in Europe, … Continue reading Criminalization and Victimization of Migrants in Europe