Migration and Refugees

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Rules on Return of Asylum Seekers to Responsible Country under Dublin II (February 19, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On February 19, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the Court) allowed four asylum seekers’ appeals in R (on the application of EM (Eritrea)) v.

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules on Meaning of Internal Armed Conflict in EU law (January 30, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On January 30, 2014, the Fourth Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued its

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Rules on Weight to be Accorded to Decisions of the UN High Commission for Refugees (January 29, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On January 29, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom (the Court) decided I.A. v.

European Court of Justice Rules on Rights of Asylum Seekers (November 14, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

The Grand Chamber of the European Union Court of Justice (ECJ)

European Court of Justice Finds that Homosexual Applicants May Constitute a Particular Social Group for Asylum Purposes (November 7, 2013)

Author: 
Steven Arrigg Koh

The European Court of Justice

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules in Leyla Ecem Demirkan v. Bundesrepublik Deutschland That Turkish Nationals Do Not Have the Right to Enter the Territory of an EU Member State Without a Visa in Order to Obtain Services

Author: 
Kathleen Doty

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that, according to the press release, "Turkish nationals do not have the right to enter the territory of an EU Member State without a visa in or

Strengthened Protection for Internally Displaced Persons in Africa: The Kampala Convention Comes Into Force

Introduction

On December 6, 2012, the world’s first regional treaty on internal displacement came into force. Adopted in Kampala, Uganda, during an October 2009 Special Summit of Heads of State and Government on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the “Kampala Convention”) has been signed by thirty-six African states and ratified by fifteen.[1]

 

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16
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36
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Mike Asplet and Megan Bradley
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European Court of Human Rights Protects Migrants Against “Push Back” Operations on the High Seas

Introduction

Between 2007 and 2009, Italy and Libya (then under the rule of Colonel Muammar el-Qaddafi) concluded several agreements to combat clandestine immigration. Pursuant to these agreements, Italy instated a policy of sending undocumented migrants and asylum seekers who had crossed the Mediterranean Sea from Africa back to Libya. In a number of cases, boats were intercepted on the high seas, and those on board were taken back to Libya without a prior individualized assessment of their situation and protection needs.

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16
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14
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Jan Arno Hessbruegge
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The U.N. Security Council and the Crisis in Syria

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16
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11
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Saira Mohamed
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