Asylum Visas
In very few cases asylum applicants can enter the asylum country legally without a visa. In most cases, however, a visa is required. [toc] For a refugee, there are three basic ways of reaching the targeted country of asylum when he needs a visa in this country: (1) obtaining a valid visa; (2) using the […]
Dublin Alternatives
While all Dublin member states assess whether a foreigner is a refugee, many also recognise humanitarian protection based on national or international legal norms. Humanitarian protection can be based on a legal obligation or discretion, meaning humanitarian protection practice is different from one country to the other as the asylum practice is. More or less […]
Dublin ii
The objective of the Dublin ii Regulation is to identify as quickly as possible the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application, and to prevent abuse of asylum procedures. The Act Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003 of 18 February 2003 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application […]
Sexual Minorities: Their Treatment Across the World
The following list below is a series of links of the situation and treatment of sexual minorities by societies and authorities in a number of different countries. The status of sexual minorities in Bahamas: https://www.refworld.org/docid/52eb9b3c4.html The status of sexual minorities in Barbados: https://www.refworld.org/docid/50b47ee52.html The status of sexual minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina: https://www.refworld.org/docid/5a61ee97a.html The status […]
Seeking Asylum
The asylum systems in North America, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand are complicated, involve significant amounts of administrative hurdles, and are oftern adversarial. [toc] We are sorry that we partly have to copy the administrative style of language in order to describe precisely how things work. It might take you a bit more time to […]
Cyprus: 1999 Country Report on Human Rights Practices
Prior to 1974, Cyprus experienced a long period of intercommunal strife between its Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities. In response the United Nations Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) began peacekeeping operations in March 1964. [toc] The island has been divided since the Turkish military intervention of 1974, following a coup d’etat directed from Greece. Since 1974 […]
