An International Convention on Refugee Resettlement
Session
Law
Description
Forced migration has been the subject of intense debate in the past 50 years, and has spawned a wealth of literature as a result. Yet few commentators have considered the value or viability of an international agreement on refugee resettlement that would include mandatory resettlement quotas. This paper seeks to fill that gap, putting forward a bold proposal for an International Convention on Refugee Resettlement. Such a Convention would, I argue, help address some of the current limitations of resettlement: namely, the wide gulf between resettlement need and available places, the use of resettlement to justify restrictive asylum laws, the disruptive influence of foreign policy on resettlement and the use of discriminatory criteria to exclude vulnerable refugees from resettlement.
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-69-1
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
27-10-2018 9:00 AM
End Date
27-10-2018 10:30 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2018.256
Recommended Citation
Gibson, Miah, "An International Convention on Refugee Resettlement" (2018). UBT International Conference. 256.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2018/all-events/256
An International Convention on Refugee Resettlement
Pristina, Kosovo
Forced migration has been the subject of intense debate in the past 50 years, and has spawned a wealth of literature as a result. Yet few commentators have considered the value or viability of an international agreement on refugee resettlement that would include mandatory resettlement quotas. This paper seeks to fill that gap, putting forward a bold proposal for an International Convention on Refugee Resettlement. Such a Convention would, I argue, help address some of the current limitations of resettlement: namely, the wide gulf between resettlement need and available places, the use of resettlement to justify restrictive asylum laws, the disruptive influence of foreign policy on resettlement and the use of discriminatory criteria to exclude vulnerable refugees from resettlement.