As Israel forces bombs residential neighborhoods, tens of thousands have been made homeless and are forced to take refuge in makeshift shelters.

On the same day he applied for asylum and presented a genuine passport to the Swedish authorities.

Terrorist groups have to resort to organized crime to fund themselves.

India s government has attempted to draw a distinction between its humanitarian obligations as an asylum country and its political responsibilities as a friend of China.

The Court of Appeal held nevertheless that constructive knowledge alone should not suffice to invoke equity.

The programmes were complementary to the European Union's efforts towards the establishment of a common European asylum system by 2010.

4.11 Between 1990 and 2000, 1,427 requests for asylum were filed by Bangladeshi citizens in Sweden.

He arrived in Sweden on 23 March 2001, and applied for asylum on 27 April 2001.

But it is time for Asia s powers to start thinking creatively and acting cooperatively to prevent a violent implosion.

On distributional grounds, there does not seem to be a good reason to resort to them in lieu of relying on outright taxation.

Maintaining the security of refugee settlements and ensuring the physical safety of refugees in particular refugee children remains the responsibility of the country granting asylum.

Because of its geopolitical situation, its extensive borders and its status as an underdeveloped country, Bolivia may be regarded as a likely place of refuge or transit for international terrorists.

The United States firmly supported the work of UNHCR and called upon all countries and humanitarian partners to work closely together to ensure fair asylum policies.

Candidates government servants have full recourse to the courts and various tribunals to seek redress if they feel that they have been discriminated against.

As a result of the conflict, a further eight to ten million people fled the country at the time to seek refuge in neighbouring India.

1.1 The author of the communication is Mr. Anthony Michael Emmanuel Fernando, a Sri Lankan national currently seeking asylum in Hong Kong.

3.4 The authors consider that they have exhausted domestic remedies, as no recourse to the courts is available to them.

The insecurity of refugees in Chad and Burundi demonstrated the need to preserve the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum and to adopt a comprehensive approach to refugee protection.

The European Union was fully engaged in the process of identifying those individuals entitled to asylum or receiving different forms of international protection.

Identifying reliable intermediaries to be used when reaching affected communities and victims and adequately training these intermediaries are priorities.

The overall number of these children will never be fully ascertained, because a large number left Bosnia and Herzegovina to seek refuge in third countries.

By enshrining them in the Constitution, these fundamental rights and principles become legally binding, and citizens will have greater scope for bringing appeals to the Court of Justice.

In the 15th century, there was little building work at the Tower of London, yet the castle still remained important as a place of refuge.

It would be interesting to consider possible options for the use of stand by judges in the aforementioned three trials with a view to ensuring continuous consideration of these cases.

The issue was addressed at an expert round table on maintaining the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum held in Geneva in 2004.

The most wounding criticism of the ALP government until now has been that no one has really known what it stands for. It has initiated visionary national policies in areas like broadband access, disability support, and education, but it has struggled to maintain a coherent and consistent overall story line.

However, a separate case was pending before the Aliens Appeals Board concerning a Bangladeshi woman who had arrived in Sweden in September 2002 and applied for asylum.

The increased willingness of States to turn to judicial settlement of their disputes must be welcomed and is testimony of the ever growing faith in the decisions of the Court and in the rule of law by the international community.

He was imprisoned several times, went into exile, established both the Gulf Center for Human Rights and Bahrain Center for Human Rights, which are both now headed by his fellow activist Nabeel Rajab.

In order to break the vicious circle, it is necessary to address the root causes of why people procure arms poverty, lack of legitimate employment opportunities, the failure of States to provide security, and civil strife.

While this practice may have been abolished in law, it seems to persist and is implied by the testimonies of those who have left the country in search of refuge.

With diplomacy having failed to curb Iran s nuclear ambitions, critics of engagement charge, it is time to resort to coercion before Iran crosses the nuclear Rubicon.

In the framework of its mandate to provide international protection to refugees and to assist Governments in finding durable solutions UNHCR, as other international agencies, can only contribute and support measures to be executed by the authorities on the basis of their territorial sovereignty.

16. Expresses its concern about instances in which the fundamental principle of asylum is jeopardized by unlawful expulsion or refoulement or by threats to the life, physical security, integrity, dignity and well being of refugees

(g) Provide victims of domestic violence with safe and prompt access to justice, including free legal aid where necessary, in order to ensure them available, effective and sufficient remedies and rehabilitation

The Committee recommends that the State party abolish the use of forced labour as a corrective measure, and amend or repeal the relevant provisions of its legislation to bring them into line with the provisions of article 6 of the Covenant.

A result of this coordinated action has been the issuing of a circular by the Chief of the Greek Police regarding detention and the conditions of detention of people applying for asylum, wherein there is special reference to the treatment of detained women.

In the African context, the infiltration of refugee camps by armed elements and the resulting undermining of the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum has long since been of concern to UNHCR.

In simpler terms, what was lacking was a sufficient number of people who had lost everything and had no prospects in life and were therefore prepared to resort to terrorism.

Only a coordinated global response can guarantee that in the long run people from the poorest billion will visit Europe as tourists and business partners, not as asylum seekers.

Equally of concern is the information regarding the increase in tension between the Government parties and the opposition in the framework of questions that are decisive to the future of Kosovo, as well as the persistence of elements that are prepared to resort to violence.

Seventy per cent of complainants considered their claims properly addressed, 78 per cent considered the process fair and 87 per cent indicated they would use it again.

(g) To take all necessary measures to end the use of torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment, in particular the practices of amputation and public flogging, and to pursue vigorously penitentiary reform

In some cities, there has been an increase in the number of armed youth groups whose anti non indigenous rhetoric and willingness to resort to violence is likely to create an atmosphere of fear during the elections and spark ethnic violence.

Apart from such risk, possible grounds for asylum set out in section 7 (1) and (2) of the Aliens Act could not be taken into account, in accordance with section 26 (1) (vii) of the Act.