Essays about: "refugee and asylum legislation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words refugee and asylum legislation.

  1. 1. Climate Refugees – deserving of protection? : A study on climate refugees and their rights to protection

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Midya Kaplan; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate Refugee; Human Security Approach; Swedish Aliens Act; CEAS; Parliamentary debates;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the growing phenomenon of climate refugees and their right to protection. The aim is to investigate from the Human Security Approach developed by UNDP, if the human insecurities highlighted covers the situation of climate refugees making them eligible for protection. READ MORE

  3. 2. What is the Problem of EBO? A Poststructural Policy Analysis of the Swedish Reception System

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Fröberg; [2022]
    Keywords : poststructural policy analysis; WPR; asylum seekers; EBO-legislation; Swedish reception system; housing; migration policy; integration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Sweden was once known for its open and generous refugee reception, with a mindset that was different from its neighbouring countries. However, this has changed in recent years. Due to an increased influx of people seeking asylum in Sweden, restrictive measures were put in place. READ MORE

  4. 3. Fortress Europe - A discussion of EU border policy post 2015, in light of the 1951 Refugee Convention

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Felicia Smith; [2021]
    Keywords : EU law; public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : År 2021 infaller 70års jubiléet av 1951 års flyktingkonvention – en historisk överenskommelse och garant för mänskliga rättigheter som ger människor som riskerar att utsättas för förföljelse i sitt hemland rätten att söka skydd i en annan stat. Genom flyktingkonventionen får flyktingar rätt till flertalet rättigheter och alla personer som uppfyller flyktingdefinitionen har rätt att söka skydd i någon av de 150 stater som anslutit sig till konventionen, inkluderat EU:s medlemsländer. READ MORE

  5. 4. Shifting Responsibilities: Constructing Threats and Restricting Autonomy : A Discourse Analysis on the Housing and Settlement of People Seeking Asylum in Sweden

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Julia Harmgardt; [2021]
    Keywords : WPR; discourse theory; policy; refugees; asylum seekers; people seeking asylum; migration; segregation; EBO-legislation; housing; integration; refugee settlement;

    Abstract : Sweden, like Europe, has had an increased influx of people seeking asylum in recent years, instigating restrictive measures within the Swedish asylum regime. Simultaneously as the sustainability of settlement and housing policies for people seeking asylum has been the subject of large political debate, restrictive methods such as a minimum rights approach has been adopted, putting the Swedish asylum regime at the edge of the European Convention. READ MORE

  6. 5. “The mother was incredibly brave” : Comparing representations of refugee women from Syria in national and local Swedish newspapers through content analysis

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Ebba Beattie; [2021]
    Keywords : media representations; refugee women; voice; space; visibility; stereotypes; gendered representations; communication for development; Swedish newspapers;

    Abstract : During the so-called ‘migration crisis’ of 2015, 51,338 Syrians applied for asylum in Sweden. First, Swedish politicians called for Swedes to ‘open their hearts’, public support was strong, and media coverage was full of possibilities and humanizing images. READ MORE