Seventy Years Of Negligence Towards Refugee Laws

Sharon Itagi, School of Law, Christ (Deemed to be University), Pune - Lavasa Campus

ABSTRACT

Refugees have increased by more than 50% in the last few decades. There are di erent types of people in distress which includes, asylum seekers, refugees, internally displaced persons and people waiting in the camps at the borders of a country undergoing horrendous treatment and living in unimaginable conditions. The present paper aims to bring out the necessity to revisit the refugee laws and make it the law that leans towards the welfare of refugees other than to comply with the interests of a political statement.

Keywords: Refugee, international convention, Status, UNHCR, Human Rights, Asylum seekers, refoulement.

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Indian Journal of Law and Legal Research

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