Children and youth who flee and seek asylum in safe countries have special needs.

Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution.

During the reporting period, concerns about global terrorism and the confusion between migration and asylum issues increased pressure on the international protection regime and the right of refugees to seek asylum.

Refugees from the Middle and Far East also seek asylum in Egypt. In addition, there are an estimated 70,000 Palestinians.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child states that children who seek asylum must receive appropriate protection and humanitarian assistance.

Reaffirming the principle that all human beings shall enjoy human rights and fundamental freedoms without discrimination, including the right to seek and enjoy asylum,

Several years ago, a trend started of African refugees crossing the Egyptian border from Sinai into Israel to seek asylum from the atrocities in Darfur.

Mr. Stavrakakis (Greece) said that, in accordance with a protocol in force between Turkey and Greece, aliens coming from Turkey could seek asylum in Greece.

UNHCR is working in this challenging context to preserve access to asylum for those who seek it based on a well founded fear of persecution.

Mr. Anshor (Indonesia) sought clarification regarding the rights of internally displaced persons to seek asylum when they were the victims of natural disasters rather than conflict.

Asylum

Rebuilding the Asylum System

Protection of asylum seekers

Calls upon States to ensure effective protection of refugees by, inter alia, respecting the right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to seek and enjoy asylum and the principle of non refoulement, and urges all States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers

Calls upon States to ensure effective protection of refugees by, inter alia, respecting the right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights to seek and enjoy asylum and the principle of non refoulement, and urges all States to promote and protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers

A Safer Path to Asylum

One asylum seeker told her

Asylum, forcible transfers and extradition

Refugee and asylum seeking children

Substantive issues Unfair asylum hearing

Yusra and her sister fled her hometown of Damascus in August 2015, first reaching Lebanon and then Turkey, where she paid smugglers to cross the Aegean sea to Greece and seek asylum in Europe.

The fear of terrorism continued to prompt some States to undertake strong measures to control the danger of infiltration, with significant effects on the right to non refoulement and to seek and enjoy asylum.

In addition to those fleeing the general effects of conflict, many continued to seek refuge from individualized persecution and violations of their human rights, as evidenced by the 807,000 asylum applications filed worldwide in 2003.

18. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that continue to host Afghan refugees, and reminds them of their obligations under international refugee law with respect to the protection of refugees and the right to seek asylum

18. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that continue to host Afghan refugees, and reminds them of their obligations under international refugee law with respect to the protection of refugees and the right to seek asylum

As recently as 10 years before, no foreigners had sought asylum in Ireland there had been only a small asylum unit.

These actions by the Government of China violate the refugee convention and basic international laws concerning human rights and refugees and force persons from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to seek asylum in a third country

The EU s asylum policy has broken down.

BiH Law on Immigration and Asylum (previous)

The Gambia had granted her political asylum.

There is clearly a need for States to address asylum abuse and people smuggling, but, in this process, asylum must be preserved.

If asylum was not granted Mauritius acted humanely, as evidenced by the transfer of a number of Congolese asylum seekers to Australia.

If the first asylum country is not able or willing to grant refuge to the asylum seekers, other countries should offer resettlement places.

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They applied for asylum on 9 November 2000.

The combination of asylum seekers and migration flows, which was related to the challenge of combating intolerance, was exerting enormous pressure on asylum systems.

Though the legal landscape remained generally friendly to refugees and asylum seekers, the organization of several clean up operations affected asylum seekers and refugees.

Asylum could be abused by international criminal groups seeking new avenues for their business, and consequently, host countries were developing stricter regimes for asylum seekers.

The situation was most glaring in asylum countries, particularly developing countries, which assumed a heavy burden by receiving high numbers of refugees and asylum seekers.

Some journalists and politicians sought asylum in other countries.

Nor were refugees necessarily safe in countries of asylum.

(c) The adoption of the Asylum Law in 2003

Ireland took its responsibilities to asylum seekers very seriously.

Colonel Ali He has sought asylum together with others.

The Committee regrets the absence of special detention facilities for asylum seekers whose request for asylum has been rejected and for undocumented migrants awaiting deportation (art.