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Clement Manyathela speaks to Dr Aaron Motsoaledi  the Home Affairs Minister to discuss the  Cabinet approval of  the Final White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection, that is meant to overhaul the country's immigration laws. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The South African Local Government Association (Salga) has welcomed the gazetting of the final White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection, stating that it is reflective of duly considered local government submissions. Salga applauded the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for "collaborative efforts" and other stakeholders for demonstrating the "will to address the complexities of immigration". The local government association pointed out that the White Paper was underpinned by the realisation that South Africa had different pieces of legislation dealing with citizenship, immigration and refugee protection, namely the Citizenship Act, Immigration Act, and Refugees Act, as amended. "In practice, these pieces of legislation are not in harmony with each other, and piecemeal amendments were made without any policy framework. The changing population dynamics imposed by unmanaged immigration have long sparked calls for more to be done to manage immigration. Local government, being the receiver of all immigrants, jumped to the fore to be part of the solution, inspired by the vision to see South Africa effectively manage immigration," said Salga. In recent months, the DHA conducted public hearings in all nine provinces, including several radio and television interviews on the White Paper which Salga said it had participated in across the country. Salga led consultations with municipalities on the White Paper to mobilise and consolidate views and "deepen a common understanding at the local level". In March 2023, Salga hosted a National Migration Summit, where stakeholders across all spheres of government gathered to coordinate all partners to effectively address migration issues and the common agreement was a "whole-of-government approach" to managing migration. Salga said it fully supported the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection as an important step towards overhauling the migration system in South Africa. It explained that the White Paper would ensure a coherent approach to managing immigration issues in South Africa without the contradictions with various legislative pieces. Meanwhile, various civil society organisations are urging Parliament not to adopt the White Paper's proposals into law. The Helen Suzman Foundation argues that the White Paper is not sound government policy-making because it provides an "inscrutable solution" without properly defining the challenges that migration poses to South Africa.

Home affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the cabinet has approved a white paper overhauling the country's immigration laws after “robust engagements” that resulted in “wide support” of the document's policy positions. The ‘White Paper' was published in the Government Gazette for public comment in November 2023. It proposed a complete overhaul of the Citizenship Act, the Refugees Act and the Immigration Act, and called on the government to introduce single legislation to address the new challenges facing the country. This evening Dr Motsoaledi joins us to unpack what can be possibly expected from the proposed legislation.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Home Affairs Minister, Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, says the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Protection will discourage economic immigrants from entering South Africa pretending to be asylum seekers once signed into law. Motsoaledi yesterday briefed the media on the final White Paper in Pretoria. Last week, cabinet approved the final paper. Motsoaledi says the new policy would completely overhaul the migration system in South Africa. SABC News reporter, Lerato Makola has more.

Minister of Home Affairs Dr Aaron Motsoaledi announced on Wednesday the publication of the final White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. Motsoaledi was briefing the media on the publication and explained that the Final White Paper is a product of robust engagements. Last week the cabinet passed the paper after public comments. In November, the department published the White Paper On Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection towards a complete overhaul of the migration system in South Africa for public comments. Written submissions were meant to reach the Department of Home Affairs on or before January 31. Motsoaledi explained that public hearings were conducted in all nine province, highlighting that the outcome of the engagements and public comments is that the policy position adopted in the white paper enjoyed wide support. He noted that only a handful of public interest group are opposed to selected policy positions, such as the withdrawal of 1951 refugee convention, the 1967 protocol - UN protocols - and acceding to them with reservations proposed repeal of Section 4.3 of the South Africa citizenship Act. "…and the first safe country principle. This are the things that people objected to," he explained. He said the department carefully considered all the oral and written submissions and highlighted that public comments to the paper reaffirmed an urgent need to adopt effective policy measures and legislative interventions, dealing with migration in the country. He said that South Africa has different pieces of legislations dealing with citizenship, migration and refugee protection, noting the Citizenship Act which was passed in 1995, the Immigration Act passed in 2002 and the Refugee Act passed in 1998. Motsoaledi noted that the paper proposed that government of South Africa must review or withdraw from the 1951 convention and the 1967 protocol with a view to accede to them with reservation, like many other countries did. He explained that government only intended to exercise its rights granted in article 42 of the 1951 convention and article 7 of the 1967 protocol and make reservations accordingly. He previously said South Africa had to correct its "mistake" when it adopted the UN protocols without reservations in place. Those opposed to the move warned that this could mean migrants would be stripped of certain rights. Motsoaledi said the refugee protection and immigration legislation must provide for reservations and exceptions as contained in the 1951 convention and 1961 convention. "…particularly in that South Africa does not have the resources to grant all the socio economic rights envisaged in the 1951 convention. Remember these rights were developed for all the countries - rich and poor - and there will be those countries, which will find there won't be a problem, but others will," he said.

We are excited to welcome Eleanor Acer, who is the Senior Director of Refugee Protection at Human Rights First. Established in 1978, Human Rights First works in the U.S. and abroad to promote respect for human rights and the rule of law. Eleanor shares how her pro bono work with asylum seekers inspired her to shift her legal career from securities litigation to human rights defense. Addressing the theme of fasting, Eleanor talks about the many essentials that migrants don't give up willingly, but are denied, including access to safety and the protection of their rights. Brian and Joe reflect on the ways that many migrants they encounter “fast.” Joe shares the story of Guerline, a migrant from Haiti who embodies the spirit of fasting in the sense of denying oneself in order to help others. Brian talks about unaccompanied minors in the U.S., like Carmen, who are forced to fast from cell phone use while they are in centers and their case is being reviewed. It often provokes self-reflection from the teenagers as they are freed from the distractions of social media. Of course, that doesn't mean you need to force a cell phone fast from teenagers in your own family! Eleanor also encourages listeners to contact their representatives in Congress to let them know that the protection of access to asylum is an important issue for you, especially in this election year. If you would like to call your own representative, you can find their information by inputting your address on this page.

Minister of Home Affairs Aaron Motsoaledi explained why they are extending the deadline for public comment following the publication of the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration, and Refugee Protection until the end of January, as well as critics who have stated that the problem with borders is not with legislation, but with border management. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Immigration has been a hot topic in South Africa and will dominate discussions heading into the 2024 general elections.  The expectation is that issues of migration and foreign nationals will be major talking points in party campaigns as the country's courts recently meted out severe blows to attempts by the department of Home Affairs to perform a complete overhaul of the migration system.  The aim of the White Paper on Citizenship and Immigration and Refugee Protection is a coherent and effective policy framework.  Also dominating the headlines was the extension of special permits for Zimbabweans and Basotho working in South Africa and the official launch of the Border Managment Authority to oversee the often porous country borders. SABC senior reporter, Busi Chimombe reports.

Guest: Dr Vusi Sibanda | Chairperson at African Diaspora Forum  Africa speaks to Dr Vusi Sibanda, Chairperson at African Diaspora Forum to get their perspective on Department of Home Affairs, White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection. The draft policy has radical proposals that are aimed at overhauling the migration system in South AfricaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cabinet approved the publication of the White Paper on Citizenship, Immigration and Refugee Protection for public comments. The draft Policy is aimed at providing a framework to guide the granting of residency and citizenship to foreign nationals, cognisant of the Republic's national security interests and in compliance with international agreements and protocols on migration that South Africa is party of. Lester Kiewit speaks to Hassan Abdullahi, SA Somali community activist and UJ SRC president.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On Daybreak Africa: The United Nations refugee agency says the humanitarian emergency in conflict-ridden Sudan has created a protection crisis both inside the country and in countries of asylum. Plus, Liberians await the results of Tuesday's presidential and parliamentary elections. Tension grows on Israel's northern border as Hezbollah fires an anti-tank missile at an army post and fighting continues between Israel and Hamas. For this and more tune to Daybreak Africa!

Flipping the Narrative is an ongoing series by The New Humanitarian. It aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Today's essay was written and read out by Sana Mustafa. She is a feminist human rights defender and CEO of Asylum Access. In her essay, Sana looks at power imbalances within the international refugee protection system, and calls for those who have been forcibly displaced themselves to have much more say in the decision-making. Read more from The Flipping The Narrative series here.   

In this episode, we're joined by VECINA's own Project Director, Molly Chew. Molly directs all of VECINA's projects, but specializes in our ReUnite Project, where we work to assist family members and loved ones of detained unaccompanied immigrant children in the reunification process. Prior to coming on board with VECINA, Molly spent nearly seven years working with unaccompanied refugee children and their families in an array of Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) contracted programs. This included ORR shelters, foster care, and home study/post-release services. She previously worked as the Western Regional Supervisor for a program that made reunification recommendations for detained unaccompanied minors and connected these children and their families with community resources upon reunification. Molly is a DOJ Accredited Representative and is obtaining her Master's Degree in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies from the University of London. Molly's here to talk to us about a topic that has repeatedly been in the news: the experiences of unaccompanied immigrant children who are detained in the United States.

Lecture 2: 'Exploring Nexus'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 3: 'Reframing Doctrines'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 1: 'Mapping the Terrain'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 1: 'Mapping the Terrain' A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 2: 'Exploring Nexus' A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 1: 'Mapping the Terrain'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 3: 'Reframing Doctrines'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 2: 'Exploring Nexus'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 1: 'Mapping the Terrain'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 3: 'Reframing Doctrines'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 2: 'Exploring Nexus'A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

Lecture 3: 'Reframing Doctrines' A series of three lectures by Dr. B.S.Chimni, Distinguished Professor of International Law, O.P. Jindal Global University. Previously, he was for over three decades Professor of International Law, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. Between 2004-2006 he was the Vice Chancellor of the W.B. National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He has been a Visiting Professor at Brown and Tokyo universities, the Graduate Institute, Geneva and the American University of Cairo, and has been visiting fellow at Harvard, Minnesota, and York (Canada) universities and the Institute of Advanced Studies, Nantes. He is an associate member of Institut de Droit International, and Member, Academic Council, Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP), Harvard Law School. He is former Vice-President Asian Society of International law and at present Member of its Advisory Council. He is a member of the editorial board of American Journal of International Law and also the former Editor-in-Chief of the Indian Journal of International Law. In 2022 he was honored by the American Society of International Law with its Honorary Membership. The University of London has instituted a scholarship in his name for the MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies by distance-learning. He has also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. He is the author of International Law and World Order: A Critique of Contemporary Approaches. He is closely associated with the Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL) movement.

En este episodio Edgardo Sobenes conversa con Sara Palacios Arapiles sobre la esclavitud. Sara nos ofrece una perspectiva histórica del delito de esclavitud. Nos comenta sobre la esclavitud en sentido estricto y esclavitud moderna, la normativa aplicable y el desarrollo que ha tenido el concepto de esclavitud en la jurisprudencia de Cortes y Tribunales Internacionales.  Nos explica los elementos fácticos que deben estar presentes para identificar un caso de esclavitud,  la noción de propiedad (ownership),  el grado sustancial de control, la realidad de los  casos de esclavitud que se viven hoy en día, y muchos temas mas. Membresía del Podcast (https://www.hablemosdi.com/contenido-premium)  Acerca de Sara Palacios ArapilesDoctoranda en Derecho internacional en la Universidad de Nottingham. Su investigación tiene por objeto el estudio de la prohibición internacional de la esclavitud y la interpretación de dicha prohibición en los procedimientos para la determinación de la condición de refugiado. Además, es profesora asociada de derechos humanos en la Universidad de Comillas, tutora en el máster Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies de la Universidad de Londres, y miembro del Comité Coordinador del grupo de interés sobre migraciones y refugio de la Sociedad Europea de Derecho Internacional (ESIL). También ha sido investigadora asociada del Rights Lab, un centro de excelencia de la Universidad de Nottingham centrado en la investigación sobre la esclavitud, investigadora visitante en la Universidad de Lund (Suecia) y en el Think Tank Research Advisors & Experts Europe (Bélgica), y consultora para la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados en Reino Unido. Es autora de artículos, capítulos de libros, e informes técnicos sobre derecho y políticas de asilo en Europa, la esclavitud, y la protección internacional de refugiados eritreos; algunos de estos han sido citados en jurisprudencia y documentos de políticas en materia de asilo de Reino Unido, Suecia, Alemania y Holanda. Twitter: @Arapiles_Sara Publicaciones  PALACIOS-ARAPILES, S., 2023. ‘Enslaved by their Own Government: Indefinite National Service in Eritrea'. In: Van Reisen, M., Mawere M., Smits, K., & Wirtz, M. (eds), Enslaved Trapped and Trafficked in Digital Black Holes: Human Trafficking Trajectories to Libya. Langaa RPCPALACIOS ARAPILES, S., 2022. The Interpretation of Slavery before the International Criminal Court: Reconciling Legal Borders? Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. 25, 416-456PALACIOS ARAPILES, S, 2022. European Divergent Approaches to Protection Claims Based on the Eritrean Military/National Service Programme International Community Law Review. 24(4), 335–357 (this article is part of Special Issue: The (Many) Rules and Roles of Law in the Regulation of “Unwanted Migration”, edited by Prof Moreno-Lax and Dr Vavoula)PALACIOS ARAPILES, S., 2021. The Eritrean Military/National Service Programme: Slavery and the Notion of Persecution in Refugee Status Determination Laws. 10(2), 28 Compra el libro en https://www.hablemosdi.com/libros Support the showAdquiere aquí el libro " Hablemos de Derecho Internacional Volumen I" https://www.hablemosdi.com/libros

Bishop Julius C. Trimble is the Resident Bishop of the Indiana Area of the United Methodist Church.Bishop Trimble has the personal mission to encourage all people with the love of Jesus Christ to rise to their highest potential. It is his commitment to his personal mission that led Bishop Trimble to create the “To Be Encouraged” Podcast along with co-host Rev.Dr. Brad Miller. Bishop Trimble says, “I am compelled by Jesus to share with you an encouraging word or two about Jesus, theology, the Bible, the pandemic, the environment, racism, voting rights, human sexuality, and the state of the United Methodist Church.” To Be Encouraged with Bishop Julius C. Trimble is to be published weekly and is available at www.tobeencouraged.com and all the podcast directories.https://www.inumc.org/bishop/office-of-the-bishop/On Episode 042 Dr. James Salley the President and CEO of Africa University (Tennessee) Inc. talks to Bishop Trimble about the the social, economic and political impact of Africa University and highlights the universities program to address the refugee crisis in Africa and beyond. This is part 2 of a two part episode with Dr. James Salley. Part one of the interview is at Episode 041 of To Be Encouraged and focuses on the impact and influence of United Methodist Africa University in Zimbabwe upon the the continent of Africa and indeed upon the world since it's founding in 1992.Africa UniversityAfrica University Development

Thank you Hakan, PROTECT and to everyone listening/watching! - Timestamps - 00:00 - Start 3:16 - Definition of Refugees 06:38 - Refugee Protection Crisis 07:56 - Important Things Working On 15:12 - Research and Statistics 21:43 - Why Work with This 24:41 - Norway on Refugees 30:37 - Tips/Thoughts on Improving the World 41:26 - Documentaries 42:52 - Important Source/s Recommendations 45:22 - Last Thoughts and Outro Relevant links: - https://protectproject.w.uib.no/ - PROTECT's Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/haRVir - PROTECT's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYxe_OtuObD6xHkWWqQGfuQ As I want to run this podcast ad-free, the best way to support me is through Patreon: https://www. patreon.com/martinskadal If you live in Norway, you can consider becoming a support member in the two organizations I run. It costs NOK 50 a year. The more members we have, the more influence we have and the more funding we get as well. Right now we have around 500 members of World Saving Hustle (WSH) and 300 members of Altruism for Youth (AY). • Become a support member of WSH: https://forms.gle/ogwYPF1c62a59TsRA • Become a support member of AY: https://forms.gle/LSa4P1gyyyUmDsuP7 If you want to become a volunteer for World Saving Hustle or Altruism for Youth, send me an email and I'll forward it to our team. It might take some time before you'll get an answer as we're currently run by volunteers, but you'll get an answer eventually! Do you have any feedback, questions, suggestions for either topics/guests, let me know in the comment section. If you want to get in touch, the best way is through email: martin@worldsavinghustle.com Thanks to everyone in World Saving Hustle backing up this project and thanks to my creative partner Candace for editing this podcast! Thanks everyone and have an amazing day as always!! • instagram https://www.instagram.com/skadal/ • linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinska.. . • facebook https://www.facebook.com/martinsskadal/ • twitter https://twitter.com/martinskadal • Norwegian YT https://www.youtube.com/@martinskadal353 • Patreon https://www.patreon.com/martinskadal

Recording from the opening panel event at the 2022 Kaldor Centre Conference, 'Turning points: New directions in refugee protection' held on 15 November 2022. How has COVID-19 transformed access to protection, assistance and the lives of those already living in precarious situations – for better and for worse? Join Adrian Edwards (UNHCR Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific); Roshni Shanker (Migration and Asylum Project); Gillian Triggs (UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection); Pascal Zigashane (Action pour le Progrés); and Chair: Daniel Ghezelbash (Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law)

Welcome to Rose Tinted Law The Podcast! RTL is a professional development platform for curious and open-minded legal professionals. This podcast is a space to have honest conversations about legal careers with people who are boldly carving out their unique place in our profession. I am thrilled to introduce to you Robyn Barnard. Robyn has led the career most of us dreamt of in law school. Since graduating from Melbourne Law School over 10 years ago she has held a Teaching Fellowship at a law school in China, passed the New York Bar exam and held various refugee advocacy roles in the United States - including NYC and LA (so cool!). Today she is Senior Advocacy Counsel, Refugee Protection at Human Rights First in Washington DC. Sitting down with Robyn for an honest conversation about her career is the natural starting point for this podcast. We have been best friends since high school and RTL offers a perspective on professional development and exists as a resource that I wish we had to help us on our unique career paths. I hope you enjoy this honest conversation, and it helps open your eyes to the limitless possibilities of where your legal career may take you. Your host, Rose :-) Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/rosetintedlaw/ Linked In here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roseinglis/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/rosetintedlaw/ Mixed by Julie Reynolds: https://www.audiolemonade.com

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered national lockdowns and closed down borders across the world. In this context, the need to protect the rights and welfare of refugees has become even more acute. To discuss the threats facing forcibly displaced populations, and the policy responses required to mitigate them, Ben is joined by Emily Venturi, the Schwartzman Academy Fellow in the Asia-Pacific programme. Together they interview Gillian Triggs, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.  Read the Expert Comment: Denmark's immigrants forced out by government policies Credits: Speaker: Gillian Triggs Hosts: Ben Horton, Emily Venturi Editor: Jamie Reed Recorded and produced by Chatham House.

The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered national lockdowns and closed down borders across the world. In this context, the need to protect the rights and welfare of refugees has become even more acute. To discuss the threats facing forcibly displaced populations, and the policy responses required to mitigate them, Ben is joined by Emily Venturi, the Schwartzman Academy Fellow in the Asia-Pacific programme. Together they interview Gillian Triggs, UN Assistant Secretary-General and Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with UNHCR, the UN refugee agency.  Read the Expert Comment: Denmark's immigrants forced out by government policies Credits: Speaker: Gillian Triggs Hosts: Ben Horton, Emily Venturi Editor: Jamie Reed Recorded and produced by Chatham House.

Callie Ward and Joe Wager discuss the situation at the US-Mexico border with Julia Neusner, a Legal Fellow in Refugee Protection at Human Rights First. Julia, a Stanford alumna who has organized several trips to the US-Mexico border with Stanford students, reports on her recent experiences there and contextualizes immigration policy such as Title 42 within a larger history of the border.Show NotesThe Report on Title 42: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/resource/failure-protect-biden-administration-continues-illegal-trump-policy-block-and-expel-asylumHuman Rights First: https://www.humanrightsfirst.org/Haitian Bridge Alliance: https://haitianbridge.org/Al Otro Lado: https://alotrolado.org/ The views reflected in this podcast do not necessarily represent the views of the Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice.Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaeaLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Australian lawyers reflect from the frontlines on the effectiveness and potential of strategic refugee litigation in this virtual panel session held at the Kaldor Centre Conference 2020 on 19 November 2020. Hear from our expert panel: Matthew Albert (Dever's List, Castan Chambers) Scott Cosgriff (Human Rights Law Centre) Arif Hussein (Refugee Advice and Casework Service) Sanmati Verma (Clothier Anderson Immigration Lawyers) Chair: Sangeetha Pillai (Kaldor Centre)

Go beyond the buzzwords to explore the promise and pitfalls of technology for refugee protection. This panel discussion was recorded on 18 November at the Kaldor Centre Virtual Conference 2020. Panel featuring: Tey El-Rjula (Author and tech entrepreneur, Fleur Johns (UNSW Sydney, Law & Justice), Petra Molnar (Refugee Law Laboratory)and Roya Pakzad (Taraaz)and chaired by Daniel Howden (Lighthouse Reports).

In this episode, Kathy Gilsinan of the Atlantic leads a discussion on the future of migration and refugee protection. She is joined by Matthew Saltmarsh, senior external relations officer at UNHCR; Rita Dayoub, founder, Health Workers at the Front Line; Sanj Srikanthan, CEO of Shelterbox; and Jacob Warn, campaign coordinator at Europe Must Act. They discuss their concerns with the current Covid-19 crisis on top of the refugee crisis, describe the future of funding, and the roles that migrants can play if they are given the opportunity to work and contribute to their host societies.  

Wykład pt. The Present, Past and Future of Refugee Protection and Solutions: Camps, Comprehensive Plans, and Cyber-Communities wygłoszony przez Alexandra T. Aleinikoffa (Columbia Global Policy Initiative, Migration Policy Institute (DC) on Rethinking the International Refugee Regime) na Międzynarodowej Konferencji Naukowej "Rethinking Forced Migration and Displacement: Theory, Policy, and Praxis" Stowarzyszenia na rzecz Studiów nad Migracjami Przymusowymi (International Association for the Study of Forced Migration). Wydarzenie odbyło się w dniach 12-15.07.2016 w Poznaniu i było współorganizowane przez Centrum Badań Migracyjnych, Wydział Prawa i Administracji oraz Instytut Etnologii i Antropologii Kulturowej UAM. Dyskusję po wykładzie moderuje Dianna Shandy z Macalester College and the University of Minnesota. Udział w dyskusji biorą: Susan Martin, Georgetown z University i Graeme Rodgers z International Rescue Committee in New York. Konferencje IASFM odbywają się co dwa lata, gromadząc naukowców i praktyków z całego świata. To pierwszy raz, gdy takie wydarzenie odbyło się w Europie Środkowo-Wschodniej. Wzięło w nim udział blisko 400 osób, a wśród nich przedstawiciele wiodących ośrodków badających zjawisko migracji przymusowych, kilkudziesięciu uniwersytetów, instytucji rządowych oraz organizacji międzynarodowych, np. Międzynarodowej Organizacji ds. Migracji, Lekarzy bez Granic, Wysokiego Komisarza ds. Uchodźców, Międzynarodowego Komitetu Ratowniczego, Instytutu Polityk Migracyjnych. Podcast opublikowany 26.08.2016 r. na http://antropofon.blogspot.com/2016/08/miedzynarodowa-konferencja-o-migracjach.html

In this second episode of Cain Lamarre podcast, David Nachloger talks about our attitude towards refugees with Dr. Marina Sharpe, author of The Regional Law of Refugee Protection in Africa.

Despite multiple commitments to and much guidance on the desirability of local actors leading coordination at the national level, the reality is that they continue to be excluded.

There are many calls for reforming the way the world protects, or fails to protect, refugees. Some have suggested that the UN Refugee Convention is out-dated, others that the right to seek asylum should be abolished or that asylum claims should be processed off-shore. At the same time, the UNHCR has been drafting a Global Compact on Refugees, promising to increase global cooperation on refugee protection. James Hathaway, James E. and Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, is the founding director of the University of Michigan’s Program in Refugee Asylum Law and author of two leading treatises: The Law of Refugee Status and of The Rights of Refugees under International Law. James Hathaway has put forward a model for a global solution to refugee protection, based on a five year project involving over 100 participants, including six governments. You can read the findings of that project here: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=5732735&orden=0&info=link (pdf)

Although not usually thought of as a haven of refugee protection, the Gambia has a fairly sizeable refugee population and some sophisticated legal frameworks and protection mechanisms.

In Europe and the U.S. today, immigration continues to cause division in public debates around globalisation, security, labour, war, and economics. Immigration is understood to have impacted on the outcome of the Brexit referendum and was a key debating point during the Trump-Clinton 2016 Presidential election and numerous European elections which have taken place since. This discussion on migration in crisis will bring different disciplinary perspectives from history to human rights, and linguistics to peace studies on ways that communities think about and respond to the arrival of migrants. Moderator: David Rieff PANELISTS ‘The Roots of the Immigration Debate in the United States' Dr Hidetaka Hirota, Columbia University ‘Every Country in the World is Represented on My Bus': Attitudes to Europe's New Multilingualism' Professor Lorna Carson, Trinity College Dublin ‘From Securitizing to Peacebuilding - Alternative Responses to the Crisis for Migrants in Europe' Professor Gillian Wylie, Trinity College Dublin ‘In 'Crisis' - Refugee Protection and its Rights Based Narrative' Professor Rosemary Byrne, Trinity College Dublin Bio: Rosemary Byrne is an Associate Professor

After more than five decades of internal armed conflict, in November 2016 the Colombian government signed a peace agreement with the FARC-EP. Does this mean that those Colombians who had been forced to leave the country must now begin to return?

At a time when over 65 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide, Latin America and the Caribbean offer examples of good practices from a region which continues to uphold a long-standing commitment to protect those in need.

With Mexico a major destination – and transit – country for people displaced by violence in the Northern Triangle of Central America, the Mexican government needs urgently to improve its asylum systems and procedures if they are to be fit for purpose.

The European Union has long acknowledged the crucial role for new and expanded legal pathways in creating a well-managed migration system. Yet to date, there has been a lack of common understanding among Member States on how legal pathways can and should be used, how different channels fit together to achieve migration objectives, or what is meant by commonly used concepts, such as humanitarian visas. The refugee and migration crisis thrust the issue of legal pathways to the top of EU and national government agendas, bringing with it new energy for innovation and action; but progress has so far suffered from a lack of strategic thinking on how legal channels can work together and how to overcome the design and implementation challenges Member States have faced.   Following the recently released mid-term review of the European Agenda on Migration, this timely webinar offers insights from EU Member States on how existing, new, and untapped legal pathways—such as resettlement, community-based sponsorship, and family reunification—can interact with other humanitarian policies and fit into a larger protection strategy.   The publications discussed in this webinar are: Tracing the channels refugees use to seek protection in Europe: http://bit.ly/2w3YMId Engaging communities in refugee protection: The potential of private sponsorship in Europe: http://bit.ly/2xs188Y

Emily R. Sutcliffe, TPIC’s Associate Director, speaks with Eleanor Acer, Senior Director of Refugee Protection at Human Rights First, about issues relating to refugee protection and immigration.

Smartphones have become unlikely symbols of the global refugee crisis: selfies of refugees in harrowing situations abound on social media, people in conflict call for help on Skype or What’s App, and mapping and GPS technology have sometimes acted as a literal lifeline. Seeing an opportunity, numerous tech startups and social entrepreneurs have designed apps and tech tools to protect refugees along their journeys and help them settle in. The last few years have seen hundreds of “civic tech” initiatives emerge in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and beyond. But dozens of hackathons, hundreds of prototypes, and countless newspaper column inches later—has all this energy and enthusiasm actually made a difference to refugee lives?    In addition to all the energy abounding in the tech sector for a tech-based solution to the current refugee crisis, more traditional stakeholders in the global protection system—such as national governments and NGO actors—have also made a major shift towards integrating technology into their protection strategy. Notably, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has set a goal of ensuring that “all refugees, and the communities that host them, are connected to mobile networks and the Internet so that they can leverage these technologies to improve their lives."    This MPI webinar explores the recent “tech turn” in refugee protection and integration, and considers whether it is likely to make a lasting impact. Speakers discuss the most promising innovations and their broader implications for policymakers. They discuss the challenges and opportunities for governments, as they seek to work with new actors such as tech companies. And they discuss the broader digital infrastructure needs of refugee camps and services—including the crucial issue of Internet connectivity for refugees.   The reports discussed on this webinar are:  A Global Broadband Plan for Refugees: http://bit.ly/2nwA400 Digital Humanitarianism: How Tech Entrepreneurs Are Supporting Refugee Integration: http://bit.ly/2dMiTlT 

Finding out that you, or a dependent family member, may be medically inadmissible to Canada can be one of the worst days of a foreign national's life. Just when the prospect of becoming a Canadian permanent resident is clearly in sight, you receive a fairness letter from IRCC that threatens to unravel everything you have worked so hard to achieve. In this episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, I was extremely fortunate to catch up to one of the country's foremost experts on medical inadmissibility, Mario Bellissimo. Mario has pretty much established himself as the go to immigration lawyer for any foreign national facing the terrifying reality of an IRCC procedural fairness letter related to medical inadmissibility. If you have just received a fairness letter from IRCC, do not do anything until you have first had a chance to listen to what Mario has to say. It could just mean the difference between realizing your dream of immigrating to Canada and being forever barred from ever becoming a permanent resident. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/canadianimmigrationpodcast/CIP_S2_E8.mp3" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" ] Mario Bellissimo is the founder of Bellissimo Law Group in Toronto, Ontario. He is a Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law and Refugee Protection with a practice focused on litigation and immigration inadmissibility. He is truly the perfect choice to discuss this complex area of Canadian immigration law. Mario has appeared before all levels of immigration tribunals and courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a Past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Immigration Law Section and serves on multiple stakeholder committees involving IRCC, the CBSA, Service Canada, the Federal Courts, the Department of Justice, the Immigration and Refugee Board and Continuing Legal Education. He has consistently been chosen by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada garnering Lawyer of the Year honours with “Best Lawyers” for 2016. This is the only purely peer reviewed guide to the legal profession. In this episode Mario shares with us his Top 5 considerations when responding to a fairness letter related to medical inadmissibility. the importance of requesting an extension of time to provide fuller and more comprehensive submissions and supporting evidence; the need to address the legal timeline within submissions and evidence; the consequences of failing to properly research and understand the interplay between Federal and Provincial delivery of health and social services and private versus public health coverage; applying the right legal test; knowing the case that must be met to succeed. [Tweet "What to do when faced with medical inadmissibility in Canada."] Additional Resources: The best way to reach Mario Bellissimo: info@bellissimolawgroup.com 1-877-787-8850 (toll free) 416-787-6505 (local) Mario's law firm - Bellissimo Law Group: https://www.bellissimolawgroup.com/ Medical Inadmissibility Page: https://www.bellissimolawgroup.com/medical-cases/ Latest Immigration Court Decisions: https://www.bellissimolawgroup.com/medical-refusals/ Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Inadmissibility Law, 2nd Edition: http://www.carswell.com/product-detail/canadian-citizenship-and-immigration-inadmissibility-law-2nd-edition/ Radio Interview: Mario D. Bellissimo Interviewed by John Oakley on AM640 (A foreign national who was denied Permanent Residence due to autism): http://bit.ly/2paVQYt Listen to Mark Holthe's Canadian Immigration Podcast [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/canadianimmigrationpodcast/CIP_S2_E8.mp3" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" ] Topics for our Next Podcast [reminder]If you have a suggestion for topics we could cover in the Podcast, please drop me a line. If you know of anyone that would be interested in coming on the Podcast as a guest, please send them my way. share on facebook, share on twitter, share on LinkedIn[/reminder] Binge on all of our Canadian Immigration Podcast Episodes! If you want to listen to more episodes, you will find all the episodes here. Ask Mark an Immigration Question Periodically I answer listener questions on my podcast. If you have a question, comment, thought or concern, you can do so by clicking here. We'd love to hear from you. You can also leave me a voice message on the Ask an Immigration Question widget on the side bar of this website. Subscribe to the Canadian Immigration Podcast If you have enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Share the Love

Finding out that you, or a dependent family member, may be medically inadmissible to Canada can be one of the worst days of a foreign national's life. Just when the prospect of becoming a Canadian permanent resident is clearly in sight, you receive a fairness letter from IRCC that threatens to unravel everything you have worked so hard to achieve.  In this episode of the Canadian Immigration Podcast, I was extremely fortunate to catch up to one of the country's foremost experts on medical inadmissibility, Mario Bellissimo. Mario has pretty much established himself as the go to immigration lawyer for any foreign national facing the terrifying reality of an IRCC procedural fairness letter related to medical inadmissibility. If you have just received a fairness letter from IRCC, do not do anything until you have first had a chance to listen to what Mario has to say. It could just mean the difference between realizing your dream of immigrating to Canada and being forever barred from ever becoming a permanent resident. [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/canadianimmigrationpodcast/CIP_S2_E8.mp3" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" ] Mario Bellissimo is the founder of Bellissimo Law Group in Toronto, Ontario. He is a Certified Specialist in Citizenship and Immigration Law and Refugee Protection with a practice focused on litigation and immigration inadmissibility. He is truly the perfect choice to discuss this complex area of Canadian immigration law. Mario has appeared before all levels of immigration tribunals and courts including the Supreme Court of Canada. He is a Past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association National Immigration Law Section and serves on multiple stakeholder committees involving IRCC, the CBSA, Service Canada, the Federal Courts, the Department of Justice, the Immigration and Refugee Board and Continuing Legal Education. He has consistently been chosen by his peers as one of the Best Lawyers in Canada garnering Lawyer of the Year honours with “Best Lawyers” for 2016. This is the only purely peer reviewed guide to the legal profession. In this episode Mario shares with us his Top 5 considerations when responding to a fairness letter related to medical inadmissibility. the importance of requesting an extension of time to provide fuller and more comprehensive submissions and supporting evidence; the need to address the legal timeline within submissions and evidence; the consequences of failing to properly research and understand the interplay between Federal and Provincial delivery of health and social services and private versus public health coverage; applying the right legal test; knowing the case that must be met to succeed.   [Tweet "What to do when faced with medical inadmissibility in Canada."] Additional Resources: The best way to reach Mario Bellissimo: info@bellissimolawgroup.com 1-877-787-8850 (toll free) 416-787-6505 (local) Mario's law firm - Bellissimo Law Group: https://www.bellissimolawgroup.com/ Medical Inadmissibility Page: https://www.bellissimolawgroup.com/medical-cases/ Latest Immigration Court Decisions: https://www.bellissimolawgroup.com/medical-refusals/ Canadian Citizenship and Immigration Inadmissibility Law, 2nd Edition: http://www.carswell.com/product-detail/canadian-citizenship-and-immigration-inadmissibility-law-2nd-edition/ Radio Interview: Mario D. Bellissimo Interviewed by John Oakley on AM640 (A foreign national who was denied Permanent Residence due to autism): http://bit.ly/2paVQYt Listen to Mark Holthe's Canadian Immigration Podcast [smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/canadianimmigrationpodcast/CIP_S2_E8.mp3" social="true" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_gplus="true" social_linkedin="true" ] Topics for our Next Podcast [reminder]If you have a suggestion for topics we could cover in the Podcast, please drop me a line. If you know of anyone that would be interested in coming on the Podcast as a guest, please send them my way. share on facebook, share on twitter, share on LinkedIn[/reminder] Binge on all of our Canadian Immigration Podcast Episodes! If you want to listen to more episodes, you will find all the episodes here. Ask Mark an Immigration Question Periodically I answer listener questions on my podcast. If you have a question, comment, thought or concern, you can do so by clicking here. We’d love to hear from you. You can also leave me a voice message on the Ask an Immigration Question widget on the side bar of this website. Subscribe to the Canadian Immigration Podcast If you have enjoyed this podcast, please subscribe If you enjoyed the show, please rate it on iTunes and write a brief review. That would help tremendously in getting the word out and raising the visibility of the show. Share the Love  

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Supporting locally led protection strategies can significantly improve the impact of protection interventions.

This issue’s feature theme, ‘Local communities: first and last providers of protection’, looks at the capacity of communities to organise themselves before, during and after displacement in ways that help protect the community.

The growing criticism of protection actors for neglecting indigenous coping strategies and capacities should prompt a radical, creative re-think of attitudes and approaches.

World leaders met with significant fanfare in New York in September 2016 for the UN Summit on Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, with the aim of developing a more humane and coordinated approach by Member States to address sizable movements of refugees and migrants. The following day, President Obama convened a Leaders Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis, and private-sector leaders also met to focus on ways to respond to the rising humanitarian crisis. Though the UN Summit fell short of producing the outcomes sought by many in the advocacy world, it did result in a New York Declaration where UN Member States affirmed the benefits of migration, standardized international protection of migrants and refugees, committed to programs to counter xenophobia and discrimination, affirmed international cooperation and responsibility sharing for refugee protection and solutions, and committed to draft a Global Compact on Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration and a Global Compact on Refugees by 2018.  The Obama summit gathered commitments from countries to resettle 360,000 refugees and rallied an estimated $650 million from private business leaders to empower refugees and improve their lives. In this podcast, Migration Policy Institute experts, Kathleen Newland, T. Alexander Aleinikoff, and Gregory Maniatis, discuss the impacts of the summits and whether these efforts will gain enough momentum to respond capably to the complex threats that refugees and migrants are facing. 

A number of myths surrounding refugee protection may obscure our understanding and complicate the search for solutions, but there are also clear and realistic possibilities for change in the EU’s body of law to enable better outcomes for states & refugees

30 April 2015 - A public lecture by Tom Porteous, Deputy Program Director, Human Rights Watch. Mr Porteous discussed contemporary responses to the global refugee crisis and challenges to refugee protection in the current context.

Below is a transcript of the August 5 media telebriefing featuring: Vanessa Allyn, Managing Attorney, Refugee Representation, Human Rights First; Kevin Appleby, Director of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Office of Migration Policy and Public Affairs; Dr. Allen Keller, Associate Professor of Medicine at New York University School of Medicine, Director of the Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture (PSOT), Director of the NYU School of Medicine Center for Health and Human Rights; and, Alex Nowrasteh, Immigration Policy Analyst, Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. The briefing was moderated by Eleanor Acer, Human Rights First’s Senior Director of Refugee Protection.

Seminar given on 26 November 2014 by Dr Katy Long (Stanford University and University of Edinburgh), part of the RSC Michaelmas term 2014 Public Seminar Series. Katy Long is Lecturer in International Development at the University of Edinburgh, where her work focuses on migration and refugee issues. In addition, she researches the sale of citizenship in both legal and black market contexts at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University. She is also a former RSC Research Associate and post-doctoral fellow. Dr Long received her doctorate from Cambridge in 2009, and afterwards worked as a post-doctoral fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre in Oxford and as a lecturer at the London School of Economics, before joining the department in September 2013. She has also worked extensively with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees on a number of projects, including investigating the role migration could play in solving refugee crises, the use of voluntary repatriation and refugees' political participation, and emergency responses to border closures. To date, her research has looked in particular at refugee movements and international "solutions" to forced migration crises. Most recently, her fieldwork has focused on migrations from and crises in the East, Horn and Great Lakes regions of Africa, but she's also worked in Guatemala and Mexico and is increasingly interested in understanding immigration policy here in the West.

Public Seminar Series Trinity term 2014. Madeline Garlick (Radboud University). Recorded on 14 May 2014 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. Madeline Garlick is a Guest Researcher and PhD candidate at the Centre for Migration Law at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. She is also an International Migration Initiative (IMI) Fellow with the Open Society Foundations, working in 2014 on an asylum project with Migration Policy Institute Europe. She was previously Head of the Policy and Legal Support Unit in the Bureau for Europe of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and responsible for UNHCR's liaison to the EU institutions from 2004-2013. She served with the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP), as a member of the Secretary-General's Good Offices negotiating team on Cyprus, from 1999-2004. She worked from 1996-1999 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, for the Commission for Real Property Claims of Displaced Persons and Refugees and for the Office of the High Representative. She has also worked for Justice, the British Chapter of the International Commission of Jurists, on asylum issues She is qualified as a barrister and solicitor in Victoria, Australia. Madeline Garlick writes and speaks in her personal capacity, and any views expressed or implied do not necessarily represent the position of the United Nations or UNHCR.

Public Seminar Series, Hilary term 2014. Seminar by Dr Anne Hammerstad (University of Kent), recorded on 12 March 2014 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford. In this presentation, Dr Hammerstad discusses the rise and decline of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a global security actor. She follows the refugee agency through some of the major conflict-induced humanitarian crises and complex emergencies of the past two decades, including Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iraq, Kosovo and eastern Zaire/Congo. In the 1990s UNHCR went through a momentous transformation from a small, timid legal protection agency to the world's foremost humanitarian actor playing a central role in the international response to the many wars of the tumultuous last decade of the twentieth century. Then, as the twenty-first century set in, the agency's political prominence waned. It remains a major humanitarian actor, but the polarised post-9/11 period, concern over shrinking 'humanitarian space', and a worsening protection climate for refugees and asylum seekers spurred UNHCR to abandon its claim to be a global security actor and return to a more modest, quietly diplomatic role. Dr Hammerstad investigates UNHCR's response to this new international environment, and why it adopted, adapted and finally abandoned a security discourse on the refugee problem. Her presentation is based on the findings in her newly published book, The Rise and Decline of a Global Security Actor: UNHCR, Refugee Protection, and Security (Oxford University Press).

Human Rights Consortium Refugee Protection in the Middle East and the role of UNRWA Anna Segall (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) Anna is a human rights lawyer with 25 years’ experience with international organisations, the Internati...

Human Rights Consortium Refugee Protection in the Middle East and the role of UNRWA Anna Segall (United Nations Relief and Works Agency) Anna is a human rights lawyer with 25 years’ experience with international organisations, the Internati...

The UK government used to have no specific guidance or training for decision-makers for claims brought on the grounds of sexual orientation. It was only in 2010 that specific policy guidance was speedily issued and significant progress was seen.

Human Rights Consortium & Refugee Law Initiative Speakers: Professor Chris Brewin, Dr Stuart Turner, Chair: Dr Jane Herlihy Speakers Abstract: Professor Brewin (UCL), a worldwide expert in the psychological effects of trauma, will present theory...

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2012. Lecture by Professor Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar (Co-Director of the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation)recorded on 7 November 2012 at the Oxford Museum of Natural History.

6-12-12 Refugee Law Initiative Ms Robertson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and will discuss some of the barriers to integration due to psychological distress, and the role of psychological treatment in helping to facilitate integration. Dr...

6-12-12 Refugee Law Initiative Ms Robertson is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and will discuss some of the barriers to integration due to psychological distress, and the role of psychological treatment in helping to facilitate integration. Dr...

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Dr Herlihy will consider how the body of literature in the fields of psychiatry and psychology are and could be used to guarantee ...

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Dr Herlihy will consider how the body of literature in the fields of psychiatry and psychology are and could be used to guarantee ...

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Professor Good will draw on his study of the history and structure of this relationship to illuminate some of the conflicts, as we...

Refugee Law Initiative Psychology and Refugee Protection seminar series: Decision-makers and Psychological Evidence Professor Good will draw on his study of the history and structure of this relationship to illuminate some of the conflicts, as we...

Public Seminar Series, Trinity term 2012. Seminar by Dr Maria-Teresa Gil-Bazo (Newcastle University) recorded on 9 May 2012 at the Oxford Department of International Development, University of Oxford.

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