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30Sep/23

Suella Braverman is wrong about the UN refugee convention being ‘not fit for purpose’ – here’s why

September 30, 2023PoliticsAftermath of war, Asylum seeker, Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Creative Commons, Forced migration, International law, maastricht university, Non-refoulement, Refugee, Refugees, Right of asylum, Robert Oakes, Rwanda, Scottish Refugee Council, Suella Braverman, Talitha Dubow, the un refugee agency, United Kingdom, united nations high commissioner for refugees, World Refugee Dayadmin

Robert Oakes, United Nations University and Talitha Dubow, United Nations University

The UK’s home secretary, Suella Braverman – the minister responsible for setting immigration policy – has said the United Nation’s refugee convention is not “fit for our modern age” and should be renegotiated.

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22Jul/22

Debunking the myth of the ‘evil people smuggler’

July 22, 2022PoliticsAftermath of war, Asylum seeker, Canada, Corey Robinson, Creative Commons, Cultural globalization, Demography, Dover, Durham University, Forced displacement, Forced migration, Human rights, Human rights abuses, Humans, Kigali, Lorena Gazzotti, Peter Tinti, Population, Priti Patel, Refugee, Refugees, Reitano, Right of asylum, Rwanda, Rwanda asylum plan, Smuggling, Social issues, the un refugee agency, Theresa May, Ukraine, United Kingdom, York University, Yvonne Suadmin

Yvonne Su, York University, Canada and Corey Robinson, Durham University

In 2022, the number of forcibly displaced people surpassed 100 million worldwide. Nearly 1.5 million refugees will need resettlement in 2022, but less than one per cent of refugees will be resettled.

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