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Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law
Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of every person to seek asylum from persecution in other countries. Accordingly, the United Nations adopted the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951. The Convention, in its first article, sets the definitio...
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| author | Moustafa, Ramy Mohamed |
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| description | Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of every person to seek asylum from persecution in other countries. Accordingly, the United Nations adopted the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951. The Convention, in its first article, sets the definition of the term refugee. It also establishes a criteria that decision makers should follow in order to determine if someone is a refugee. Since the implementation of the Convention, writers and practitioners have regularly been using an approach that maintains a dichotomy between economic migrants and political refugees. This dichotomy is regularly used by decision makers to reject entire classes of applicants on the basis that their claims reflect economic migrant status rather than refugee status. The current situation of global destitution has pushed many people from poor countries to flee to more developed countries where they apply for asylum in order to find protection. These applicants have started to make claims that have begun to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention and question the validity of the traditional dichotomy between economic migrants and political refugees. This paper identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on economic and social deprivation. It assesses how to overcome these challenges by using a creative interpretation of the Refugee Convention based on recent developments in international human rights law. The central argument of this paper is that in spite of, the traditional dichotomy made between economic migrants and political refugees by legal scholars, the Refugee Convention is capable of accommodating many more claims based on social or economic deprivation. To prove this argument, the paper analyzes each element of the refugee definition and shows how socio-economic-based claims can fulfill the requirements of a refugee claim. |
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| spelling | oai:fount.aucegypt.edu:etds-1781 Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law Moustafa, Ramy Mohamed Article 14 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes the right of every person to seek asylum from persecution in other countries. Accordingly, the United Nations adopted the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees in 1951. The Convention, in its first article, sets the definition of the term refugee. It also establishes a criteria that decision makers should follow in order to determine if someone is a refugee. Since the implementation of the Convention, writers and practitioners have regularly been using an approach that maintains a dichotomy between economic migrants and political refugees. This dichotomy is regularly used by decision makers to reject entire classes of applicants on the basis that their claims reflect economic migrant status rather than refugee status. The current situation of global destitution has pushed many people from poor countries to flee to more developed countries where they apply for asylum in order to find protection. These applicants have started to make claims that have begun to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention and question the validity of the traditional dichotomy between economic migrants and political refugees. This paper identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on economic and social deprivation. It assesses how to overcome these challenges by using a creative interpretation of the Refugee Convention based on recent developments in international human rights law. The central argument of this paper is that in spite of, the traditional dichotomy made between economic migrants and political refugees by legal scholars, the Refugee Convention is capable of accommodating many more claims based on social or economic deprivation. To prove this argument, the paper analyzes each element of the refugee definition and shows how socio-economic-based claims can fulfill the requirements of a refugee claim. 2019-06-01T07:00:00Z thesis application/pdf https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/782 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1781/viewcontent/Law_205299_20Ramy_20Thesis_20Final_20Draft_20RM_20_20__20DAR.pdf The author retains all rights with regard to copyright. The author certifies that written permission from the owner(s) of third-party copyrighted matter included in the thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study has been obtained. The author further certifies that IRB approval has been obtained for this thesis, or that IRB approval is not necessary for this thesis. Insofar as this thesis, dissertation, paper, or record of study is an educational record as defined in the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 USC 1232g), the author has granted consent to disclosure of it to anyone who requests a copy. Theses and Dissertations AUC Knowledge Fountain Socio-economic rights International Refugee Law |
| spellingShingle | Socio-economic rights International Refugee Law Moustafa, Ramy Mohamed Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| title | Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| title_full | Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| title_fullStr | Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| title_short | Recognizing grave socio-economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| title_sort | recognizing grave socio economic rights abuses as valid refugee claims under international refugee law |
| topic | Socio-economic rights International Refugee Law |
| url | https://fount.aucegypt.edu/etds/782 https://fount.aucegypt.edu/context/etds/article/1781/viewcontent/Law_205299_20Ramy_20Thesis_20Final_20Draft_20RM_20_20__20DAR.pdf |
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