RefLaw

RefLaw is a project of the University of Michigan Law School & the Program in Refugee and Asylum Law.

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[Lauren Nishimura @livingneutral]

How are international organizations confronting the challenges of climate change and human mobility? https://t.co/3oVUwEU1IC

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🚨🚨 We have a new website! From now on, visit our exciting scholarship at https://t.co/4xce8k5RWR. 🚨🚨

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In her Article, @livingneutral raises a new legal approach that considers how international climate change law can help address human mobility. Read more at the link below!

https://t.co/xAQbScj1JO

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Reflaw is accepting submissions! We are looking for either short blog posts or longer articles from law students interested in refugee law as well as from academics and practitioners in the field. Email [email protected] if interested!

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In her RefBlog, @TweetingTina20 argues that the EU must move beyond condemnation and develop practical solutions that address migrant deaths in the Mediterranean Sea, in addition to the increasingly inhumane policies implemented by border states.

https://t.co/WAp668D4pO

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The current system for holding #Frontex agents accountable is opaque and ineffective. In his note, Evan Harary proposes establishing clear procedures and a transparent accountability mechanism: https://t.co/1pZfRzwkvK #AsylumLaw

[Betsy Fisher @betsylfisher]

Thanks to the @_RefLaw team for publishing this piece on the exclusion of Palestinians from asylum under Art. 1(D)--and on the 70th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, no less!

🧵on intl law:

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@betsylfisher demonstrates that neither UNHCR nor states need to continue to exclude broad swaths of Palestine refugees under Article 1(D) as there is another, narrower interpretation faithful both to the Convention’s text and to the right to seek asylum.

https://t.co/la2Ov0EiOj

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Marina Kaspar analyzes Secretary of State for the Home Department v. O A, which failed to clarify the meaning of protection by non-state actors in EU asylum law. Dr. Kaspar discusses how this concept may not be in accordance with the Refugee Convention. https://t.co/JGzfQDhTU9

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Her comment considers different countries’ approaches to sur place claims that arise from refugees' actions, determines whether the approaches comply with the Refugee Convention, & uses this analysis to suggest how Re HB should have been decided.

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In her RefNote, third year law student @eah85's discusses replacing a good faith approach with a well-founded fear approach: https://t.co/1eAYOMYe7w

[James Hathaway @JC_Hathaway]

Please take a moment to read this smart analysis. It makes clear why the “complementary pathways“ approach of the #UNHCR @refugees is a very perilous pathway indeed.

[Marina Sharpe @MarinaSharpe]

Just published @_RefLaw, 'The Free Movement of Persons w/in the AU and Refugee Protection' https://t.co/i6dkNRKxow

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The Free Movement of Persons within the African Union and Refugee Protection | RefLaw https://t.co/JTWSz0pJFE

Editorial Advisory Panel member @MarinaSharpe discusses the AU Protocol's risks to refugee protections.

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University of Michigan law student Jamila Odeh discusses designating last habitual residence in stateless asylum claims in the U.S: https://t.co/clCxSvBORt

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Co-founder of the Oxford Climate Migration Network and RefLaw Editorial Panel Member Lauren Nishimura addresses a predicament approach to climate change and international refugee law: https://t.co/5qQGfMoJTJ

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This month, D.C. attorney Erica Welsh analyzes the consequences of Attorney Session's latest decision for domestic violence victims whose states failed to protect them - https://t.co/knFWWyiyZT

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Graduate student Catherine Tyson challenges calls for the "voluntary" repatriation of the Rohingya in RefLaw's latest blog post: https://t.co/iU1t2JiC9W

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@_RefLaw's latest by Editorial Advisory Panel member Francesco Maiani

[Odysseus Network @OdysseusNetwork]

“Regional Disembarkation Platforms” and “Controlled Centres”: Lifting The Drawbridge, Reaching out Across The Mediterranean, or Going Nowhere?

A very interesting and timely blog post by Odysseus Member Francesco Maiani on @_RefLaw: https://t.co/X646yZgJJW