International refugee law and socio-economic rights : refuge from deprivation / Michelle Foster.
"A range of emerging refugee claims is beginning to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention regime and question traditional distinctions between 'economic migrants' and 'political refugees'. This book identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented b...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2007.
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| Series: | Cambridge studies in international and comparative law ;
51. |
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "A range of emerging refugee claims is beginning to challenge the boundaries of the Refugee Convention regime and question traditional distinctions between 'economic migrants' and 'political refugees'. This book identifies the conceptual and analytical challenges presented by claims based on socio-economic deprivation, and undertakes an assessment of the extent to which these challenges may be overcome by a creative interpretation of the Refugee Convention, consistent with correct principles of international treaty interpretation. The central argument is that, notwithstanding the dichotomy between 'economic migrants' and 'political refugees', the Refugee Convention is capable of accommodating a more complex analysis which recognizes that many claims based on socio-economic deprivation indeed properly considered within the purview of the Refugee Convention. This, the first book to consider these issues, will be of great interest to refugee law scholars, advocates, decision-makers and non-governmental organizations."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlvii, 387 pages). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511294158 9780511294150 0511294956 9780511294952 0511295723 9780511295720 0511296495 9780511296499 0511493983 9780511493980 052113336X 9780521133364 1280959649 9781280959646 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511493980 |