Protection of asylum seekers

Refugee and asylum seeking children

He requested medical assistance in Sweden at the clinic for asylum seekers in Fittja.

Colonel Ali He has sought asylum together with others.

In order to allow asylum seekers to exercise their rights fully, the Committee invites the State party to lay down that asylum seekers may be assisted by translators interpreters whenever necessary, and or to agree that applications for asylum may be written in the most common foreign languages.

The Doctors of the World operate overnight shelters in the centre of Athens for those seeking asylum.

As recently as 10 years before, no foreigners had sought asylum in Ireland there had been only a small asylum unit.

Immigrants to Ireland included asylum seekers and those seeking employment.

Ireland took its responsibilities to asylum seekers very seriously.

Asylum seekers from Rwanda who had fled to Burundi were repatriated.

Studies of trauma exposure and mental health in asylum seekers in Norway

UNHCR is working in this challenging context to preserve access to asylum for those who seek it based on a well founded fear of persecution.

1.1 The complainant is Mr. M.M.K., a Bangladeshi citizen currently residing in Sweden, where he has requested asylum.

Calls upon States to ensure effective protection of refugees by, inter alia, respecting the right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to seek and enjoy asylum and the principle of non refoulement, and urges all States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure the effective implementation of the new Asylum Law and that refugee and asylum seeking children have access to basic services such as education and health, and that there is no discrimination in benefit entitlements for asylum seeking families that could negatively affect children.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children who seek asylum must receive appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance.

The Committee regrets the absence of special detention facilities for asylum seekers whose request for asylum has been rejected and for undocumented migrants awaiting deportation (art.

During the reporting period, concerns about global terrorism and the confusion between migration and asylum issues increased pressure on the international protection regime and the right of refugees to seek asylum.

6. Reaffirms that, as set out in article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,Resolution 217 A (III). everyone has the right to seek and enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution, and calls upon all States to refrain from taking measures that jeopardize the institution of asylum, in particular by returning or expelling refugees or asylum seekers contrary to international standards

The Swedish authorities therefore have significant experience in assessing claims from asylum seekers from Bangladesh, and considerable weight must be attached to their opinions.

All States must recognize that guarding borders must not prevent physical access to asylum procedures or fair refugee status determination for those entitled to it under international law.

Children and youth who flee and seek asylum in safe countries have special needs.

Not only would a general chapter about women not fit in with the structure of the Aliens Act Implementation Guidelines, but it could also give the erroneous impression that the policy as described applies in the first instance to situations in which the asylum seeker is a man, and that female asylum seekers are exceptions.

What provisions exist to exclude from Palau asylum seekers, and others, who are persons of the kind mentioned in sub paragraph 2 (c) of the Resolution?

It also recommends that measures be taken to ensure the confidentiality of the reasons women give for seeking asylum, as they often request it.

The combination of asylum seekers and migration flows, which was related to the challenge of combating intolerance, was exerting enormous pressure on asylum systems.

Mr. Anshor (Indonesia) sought clarification regarding the rights of internally displaced persons to seek asylum when they were the victims of natural disasters rather than conflict.

To take appropriate measures, before granting asylum, for the purpose of ensuring that the asylum seeker has not engaged in terrorist activities and, after granting asylum, for the purpose of ensuring that the refugee status is not used in a manner contrary to the provisions set out in section II, paragraph 1, above

6. Underlines the importance of the fulfilment of obligations under international law, including human rights law, with regard to asylum seekers

They annually publish a volume of Jurisprudence on matters concerning refugees and asylum seekers, including women's issues.

A third medical report from the clinic for asylum seekers in Fittja was also submitted by counsel.

The following is the list of Congolese asylum seekers whose cases are under consideration by the relevant authorities in Uganda

The Committee is concerned that access to civil authorities for the purpose of birth registrations is not always guaranteed, in particular for asylum seekers, persons seeking protection who have not received refugee status and those living in rural areas.

The numbers of people seeking asylum in 38 industrialized countries for which statistics were available also fell for the third year in a row.

In any case, it was his understanding that the principle of the non refoulement of asylum seekers was an unquestionable principle of international law.

However, a number of States have made and retained reservations or declarations excluding important protections to refugee and asylum seeking children, such as the right to family unity (art. 9), freedom from arbitrary detention (art. 37 (d)), and to protection and humanitarian assistance for asylum seekers (art.

Third, the EU should craft asylum, migration, and border systems that equitably distribute financial, political, and other costs. The so called nbsp Common European Asylum System that prevails today is perceived as unfair by many member states, and violates the rights of many asylum seekers.

Of course, some States' asylum procedures retained inadequacies unrelated to new terrorism concerns which served as an obstacle to full implementation of the rights of refugees and asylum seekers.

A wave of Rwandese asylum seekers estimated at between 8,000 and 10,000 crossed into Burundi between late March and early May.

In November, there were approximately 3,800 asylum seekers classified as illegal in a joint communiqué issued by Burundian and Rwandan officials.

Also, when women sought asylum, could they act autonomously or must their petition be linked to that of their husbands and were threats of forced marriage or of female genital mutilation considered grounds for granting asylum?

The Committee is concerned at reports of biased treatment of asylum seekers by the media (art. 4).

On a related front, there is still debate on whether those seeking asylum are illegal immigrants or refugees.

This is already happening to some extent in regard to asylum seekers from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and it needs to be well supported.

He claims that Bangladeshis are looked upon with suspicion by the Swedish authorities and that the burden of proof is higher than that for any other asylum seekers.