Questions tagged [refugees]
Questions about displaced persons that have fled their home country and are unable to return safely with regard to politics or government policies
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Have there been any surveys on public opinion toward Gazan refugees in the Middle East, and if so, what do they indicate?
News articles have suggested that the governments of various Middle Eastern countries, and perhaps even their populace, are generally opposed to taking in refugees from the Israeli invasion of Gaza, ...
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What happens to refugees after their country is no longer considered unsafe? [duplicate]
With for example Syria, the refugees fleeing the Assad regime which has now fallen, who claimed asylum in Europe because of war, what will happen to them if the country will be considered safe to ...
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Have any countries pledged to accept refugees/exiles from Gaza?
Gaza, in its present state after a year of war, does not have the infrastructure or resources to support its pre-October 7, 2023 population.
Have any countries pledged to accept people from Gaza, ...
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Who can "freeze UNHCR’s ability to register new refugees"?
Allegedly only half the Syrians in Lebanon are registered with the UNHCR because
The process of obtaining legal status is arduous for Syrian refugees, with only 17 percent of Syrians possessing valid ...
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Why are Lebanese fleeing to Syria, or more precisely, which areas of Syria are they fleeing to?
It's not like there's no Hezbollah in Syria, or that Israel is not striking Hezbollah (and the IRGC) there too.
So, why are Lebanese fleeing to Syria? Are there some areas of Syria that are somehow ...
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Were the Europeans taking Syrian refugees by their national decisions?
Were the Europeans taking Syrian refugees by their national decisions? Or were they encouraged to do so by external actors (e.g., the US administration, or any pressure groups, etc.)?
(Asides from the ...
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Are any studies tracking how long it takes Western countries, on average, to deport rejected/ineligible refugees?
This question is motivated by a current event, but I don't want to load it more than necessary by linking to it directly.
Mr X also said his government would have to do "everything we can to ...
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Why did the UK Parliament not close all legal routes for appeal when passing the Safety of Rwanda act?
The Safety of Rwanda is quite broad but as per the opinion of legal experts it still leaves some routes for appeal:
Section 4(4) goes on to provide for very limited circumstances in
which a court can ...
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What are the factors that may explain why there's a much higher cap set by Canada for Ukrainian temporary visa holders than Palestinians?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/gaza-visa-winnipeg-reaction-1.7076386
On Dec. 21, Marc Miller, Canada's federal minister responsible for
immigration and refugees, announced the new program to ...
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Civil rights of Lebanese Palestinians
What is the position of American and European civil right groups on the situation of Palestinians in Lebanon?
From the Wikipedia article Palestinians in Lebanon:
Most Palestinians in Lebanon do not ...
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Has the designation and treatment of refugees stemming from Arab-Israeli conflicts been consistent with international refugee law?
Refugees are people who were forced to leave their home countries, due to war or a natural disaster. Yet Arab-Israeli cases seem to necessitate a more nuanced definition of “refugee”, due to the ...
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Why doesn't Israel ask Palestinians in Gaza Strip to move to the Negev to a camp managed by UNHCR?
Israel has been urging Palestinians to move south and leave Gaza city since the start of the war, with their war on Hamas fighters, a high number of civilians are falling casualties.
Israel could have ...
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Who is establishing the big tent cities by the sea in Gaza?
According to a former Mossad "division chief", Rami Igra, interviewed on CNN the population from Khan Yunis is asked to move by the sea, where "big tent cities are being established&...
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Why were refugees from Syria more 'wanted' than refugees from Gaza now?
During the civil war in Syria, that started in 2011, around five millions of Syrians have fled the country and have been accepted as refugees by Turkey, Germany, Sweden, Jordan, and many other ...
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Is there no presumption in international law that people fleeing from a country at war are valid refugee applicants?
A fairly upvoted answer to a Q here writes:
There is no obligation to "accept them" if they are still in Gaza
IMHO there is a difference however between just being in Gaza and standing ...