Essays about: "Karin Jardstam"

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  1. 1. The Stranger’s Case : Refugees and Moral Rights

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Karin Jardstam; [2019]
    Keywords : Philosophy Etics Refugees Asylum Human Rights; Filosofi Etik Flyktingar Asyl Mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : Using the events in Sweden in the autumn of 2015 as a practical example, this paper examines the question of whether there are circumstances when it is morally permissible for rich, democratic states to close their borders to asylum-seekers. To lay a common ground, the author starts by looking at the right of asylum-seekers, who a refugee is, and what obligations a host country have towards them. READ MORE