MIGRANTS
For Migrants, Labels Matter
The 1951 Refugee Convention and Protocol
Refugees cannot be expelled by any mean referred to their identity and cultural factors
Refugees must be protected against matters which represent a thread for their lives and freedom
International migrants: people who move from one country to another
Undocumented immigrants: When people migrate to a country without the permission or authorization of that country’s government
economic migrants: leave home seeking economic opportunity
A refugee becomes entitled to other rights, the longer they remain in the host country.
refugees: leave home due to conflict or persecution and fear of their safety.
International Migration Report
Asylum
In recent years, the number of international migrants has grown exponentialy
Every migrant, regardless of whether they entered a country legally, has the right to apply for asylum.
Refugees have the obligation to attend the laws of the host country. Therefore they are protected by the law
60% of migrants live in Asia (80 million) and Europe (78 million), then North America (58%), followed by Africa (25 million), then Latin America and the Caribbean (10 million) and Oceania (8%).
authorized to work in their new country
Some countries, such as the United States, Canada, and most European Union (EU) member states, require people to apply for asylum in the first (or first safe) country in which they arrive.
Refugees can be protected by official documents which prove their official stay in the country
not authorized to work in other country
they can be deprived of those same rights.
First-entry rule
Willingness to take in refugees who arrive in another country first. Basically, the first country to receive refugees tries to quickly pass them on to another
Right to public relief and assistance
Right to housing
The UN Refugee Convention decide which migrants receive refugee status
Right to freedom of religion
Right to work
Right to access the courts
Right not to be punished for illegal entry into the territory of a contracting State
Right to freedom of movement within the territory
Right not to be expelled, except under certain, strictly defined conditions
Right to be issued identity and travel documents
In 2017, 67% of all internationa migrants were living in just 20 countries.
This convention defined the concept of refugee and 145 nations around the world agreed to this definition
U.S.-Canada Safe Third Country Agreement
It is a negotiation where where it is decides where refugees or asylum seekers end up.
In 2016, 25.9 was the estimated number of refugees and asylum seekers in the world.
India was the country with most international migrants, followed by Mexico, the Russian Federation and China.
In 2017, 258 million was the number of international migrants. 106 million were from Asia, then Europe 61 million, Latin America and the Caribbean with 38 million and Africa with 36 million.
Female outnumber male migrants in Europe, North America, Oceania, Latin America and the Caribbean. While in Asia and Africa are predominaly men
The median age of international migrants is 39 years. But between 2000 and 2017 it declined.
In 2016, the General Assembly declared the "New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants"
Between 2000 and 2015, 42% of the population growth in North America and 31% in Oceania was due migrants.
While in Europe it decreased.
Unable to find asylum
Stuck in a country
Forced back home
Sent to a new country
Right to education