SSCI 1300U Lecture 13: Immigration and Refugee law notes
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Slide one: more than 100 asylum seekers drown as boat sinks in the. It is not safe to travel on boat. The boat might not fit everyone in. The person who might take you might be a phonie. Slide 2 : how some european countries are tightening their refugee policies. A lot of refuges are coming in. Not enough of them have enough money. What is the difference between refugees, asylum-seekers/refugee claimants, and. Slide 9: main international documents on refugee protection. Asylum-seeker/refugee claimant a person who has asked for refugee protection, but whose application has not been determined yet. Person who have been forced to leave their homes, but who remain within the territory of their own state. Stateless a person without citizenship of any country. Do they have to guarantee certain rights to refugees and refugee claimants?) Slide 12: refugee statistics 2015 (unhcr data as of june 2016)