Challenges For Refugees

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Introduction
A refugee is a person who is obliging to factual fear of being a subject of hostility and ill treatment on the ground of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country.

The main challenge faced by European countries
The migrant and refugee crises has led the issue of seeking asylum at the European countries to be huge challenge, as there are many applications asylum seekers. In terms of European Union statistics 2014- 2015 there are about 1.26 million applications of asylum.

General Obligations
There are duties imposed to every refugee …show more content…

The European governments also experience a challenge when identifying those in need of international protection and those who are not, as the were some foreigners who were not Falling within the definition of refugees. The migration harms the economy of the European countries, as this countries have to provide for the refugees for example shelter and …show more content…

Under the accountability theory refugee status is limited to individuals who fear persecution at hands of entities for whose abusive acts the state is deemed responsible . In the case Ex parte Adan and Aitseguer , the house of the Lords blocked the return of a Somalian woman and an Algerian man to Germany and France, respectively, where they had previously temporary domiciled. The court imputed that both states would likely deport the asylum seekers to their countries of origin, by virtue of fearing persecution by non-state agents. However in the case of TI v United Kingdom the European Court of Human Rights, refused to block the return of a Sri Lankan “third-party refugee” to Germany, despite his previous denial of asylum by administration bodies. The court allowed the applicant to return to Germany on the bases that he might be offered for an alternative temporary form of protection under the German Aliens

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