Resettlement As Protection : Integrating Resettlement of Refugees in International Refugee Law / Marjoleine Zieck.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zieck, Marjoleine, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asylum, Right of.

Refugees--International cooperation.

Refugees.

Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (364 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, [2024]

Summary:

"This timely book focuses on one of the so-called "durable solutions to the problem of refugees" that UNHCR has been charged to pursue: resettlement. Resettlement consists of the transfer of refugees from their country of asylum to another state in case of severe protection problems in the country of asylum. States are not obliged to offer resettlement places, and in practice that means that resettlement is run as a discretionary immigration scheme. This book attempts to integrate resettlement in international refugee law. Key to the analysis is understanding what the need for resettlement means: in essence a second country of asylum. The integration of resettlement in international refugee law does not mean an end to the discretion states have; but once the decision has been taken to process UNHCR resettlement referrals, discretion gives way to the applicability of international (refugee) law. Since it is not included in the main refugee treaties, resettlement has so far never been considered in terms of international refugee law with detrimental consequences for the refugees concerned. This book demonstrates that treating resettlement as an outlier is not only out of sync with the international rule of law, but moreover legally untenable. Forward-thinking and incisive, Resettlement as Protection is a fundamental resource for students and scholars of international refugee law, international law, human rights and migration. It is also key reading for resettlement practitioners, lawyers, advocates and activists working in the fields of refugee rights and international law"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1 A polysemous solution to the problem of refugees

2 Resettlement in the interbellum, the Second World War and its aftermath

3 UNHCR's resettlement practice from 1951 to 1994: The ad hoc years

4 UNHCR's resettlement practice from 1995 to 2023: The structured years

5 The resettlement procedure of UNHCR and states

6 Integrating resettlement in international refugee law

7 Summary: Resettlement as part of international refugee law

Appendix I: Resettlement figures 1952-2023

Appendix II: Treaties in chronological order

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781781004166

1781004161