Sentences with phrase «restrictive asylum policies»

The majority of today's nation states have adopted largely restrictive asylum policies whereby not everyone with a «well - founded fear of prosecution» and on sturdy legal grounds are granted asylum.

Not exact matches

Like many Western countries, South Africa has adopted an urban asylum policy, which is based on the temporary protection of refugees.1 To that end, refugees and asylum - seekers are treated as «temporary residents,» a legal position that implicitly subjects them to restrictive immigration principles, namely exclusivity and self - sufficiency.2 Such treatment is inimical to the purpose and principles of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugees in Africa.

The International Journal of Refugee Law is a key source material in the field of refugee protection, discussing critical issues, such as the causes of refugee and related movements, internal displacement, the situation of women and refugee children, human rights, restrictive policies, asylum, populations at risk and the conditions in different countries.