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Author Foster, Michelle, 1972-

Title International refugee law and socio-economic rights : refuge from deprivation / Michelle Foster
Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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Description 1 online resource (xlvii, 387 pages)
Series Cambridge studies in international and comparative law
Cambridge studies in international and comparative law.
Contents Introduction -- A human rights framework for interpreting the Refugee Convention -- Persecution and socio-economic deprivation in refugee law -- Rethinking the conceptual approach to socio-economic claims -- Economic deprivation as the reason for being persecuted -- Economic disadvantage and the Refugee Convention grounds -- Conclusions
Summary A range of emerging refugee claims is beginning to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention regime and question traditional distinctions between'economic migrants'and'political refugees'. This book, first published in 2007, identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on socio-economic deprivation, and undertakes an assessment of the extent to which these challenges may be overcome by a creative interpretation of the Refugee Convention, consistent with correct principles of international treaty interpretation. The central argument is that, notwithstanding the dichotomy between'economic migrants'and'political refugees', the Refugee Convention is capable of accommodating a more complex analysis which recognizes that many claims based on socio-economic deprivation are indeed properly considered within the purview of the Refugee Convention. This, the first book to consider these issues, will be of great interest to refugee law scholars, advocates, decision-makers and non-governmental organizations."--Publisher's description
Analysis Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees
Refugees
Immigration controls
Human rights
Migrant labour
Socioeconomic status
Cases (Law)
Treaties and conventions
Australia overseas comparisons
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 356-377) and index
Notes English
Print version record
SUBJECT Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 July 28)
Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (1951 July 28) fast
Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention. swd
Subject Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Asylum, Right of.
Human rights.
Migrant labor -- Legal status, laws, etc
Human Rights
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Asylum, Right of
Human rights
Migrant labor -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Einwanderer
Flüchtling
Rechtsstellung
Form Electronic book
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