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Protection Regimes – a Critical Analysis

Veronica Federico - University of Florence | Sabine Hess - Göttingen Universiy

The expression ‘refugee protection regime’ is frequently used to indicate both the national and international system of principles, legal norms, administrative procedures and practical processes that should guarantee protection for those who, forcibly removed from their country of origin, seek (and sometimes manage) to obtain protection as asylum applicants first, and as refugees, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection or national forms of temporary protection once their application has been successful. More than 20 million entries can be retrieved when searching online for ‘refugee protection regime’, more than six million when searching for ‘international protection regime’. The very same expressions have been widely used in RESPOND…

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020March 26, 2021University of Florence, Göttingen University, Germany, ItalyComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: Comparative Report

Ela Gökalp Aras, Zeynep Şahin Mencütek - Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul | Evangelia Papatzani, Nadina Leivaditi, Electra Petracou - University of the Aegean

This comparative report is based on the RESPOND country reports [deliverable D3.1] that discusses the developments regarding legislation, policy measures and practices on refugee protection, but most importantly the implementation aspect in ten countries covered by the project (Austria, Germany, Greece, Iraq, Italy, Lebanon, Poland, Sweden, Turkey and the United Kingdom) for the 2011-2019 period. This report aims to provide a comparative analysis of refugee protection, emphasising the implementation aspect as drawn from the experiences and perceptions of meso and micro level actors. In doing so, the report offers analytical insights for evaluating the implications of the dynamics of refugee protection, which has undergone many changes since 2011.

Protection Regimes, Comparative ReportRESPOND Horizon2020August 7, 2020Swedish Research Institute in Istanbul, University of the Aegean, Austria, Iraq, Italy, Poland, Lebanon, Germany, Greece, Sweden, Turkey, UKComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: UK Country Report

James Foley | Glasgow Caledonian University

This report investigates how the UK interprets, narrates and implements its obligations towards international protection for refugees and others that are at significant risk of serious human rights violations and persecution, with an emphasis on the impact of recent migration movements. It explores how the UK applies international protection instruments, particularly the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees/the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees and Common European Asylum System (CEAS) directives, and examines the political and policy conflicts that have resulted, most notably with the 2016 “Brexit” referendum on UK membership of the European Union (EU).

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020February 5, 2020Glasgow Caledonian University, UKComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: POLAND Country Report

Marta Pachocka, Karolina Sobczak Szelc | Centre of Migration Research, University of Warsaw

This work is the country research report prepared within Work Package 3, focused on refugee protection and asylum policy in Poland, delivered under the H2020 project RESPOND—Multilevel Governance of Mass Migration in Europe and Beyond. The main aims of this report are:

• to analyse policies and practices in the field of international protection implemented by state and non-state actors;

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020February 3, 2020University of Warsaw, PolandComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: LEBANON Country Report

Karen Rahme | Lebanon Support

This report provides a contextual analysis of the provision of refugee protection in Lebanon. It highlights the absence of a comprehensive refugee protection legal framework, in favour of a set of formal and informal ad hoc policies, which are limited in scope and inclusivity. While the Lebanese polity is a signatory of international conventions1 calling for non-discriminatory protection, and non-refoulement, it falls short in practice with direct and indirect measures, breaching those very principles.

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020January 30, 2020Lebanon Support, LebanonComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: IRAQ Country Report

William K. Warda, Hqamed Shihab Almaffraji | Hammurabi Human Rights Organization

This report is a study of the conditions of asylum seekers and refugees in Iraq, as well as covering data and scenarios on internally displaced persons, with regard to international protection and other types of protection, and knowledge of the extent of its adaptation to regional and international agreements, instruments and treaties related to the protection of refugees and everything related to human rights and protecting it.

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020January 28, 2020Hammurabi Human Rights Organization, IraqComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: SWEDEN Country Report

Mudar Shakra, Justyna Szalanska | Uppsala University

The main objective of this report is to describe and investigate the impact of recent migration and asylum seekers influx on the asylum determination system and protection regime in Sweden since 2011 onwards, particularly before and after the so- called 2015 refugee crisis. This report in the work package three (WP3) in RESPOND research project aims to complete the research that started with the report of the work package one (WP1) whose focus was on the legal and policy framework of the Migration governance in Sweden. The main contribution of this report in comparison with the WP1 report is related to microanalysis as well as meso and macro analysis in the sections 5, 6, 7 and 8. Therefore, the voices of the asylum seekers, beneficiaries of subsidiary protection and other form of protection statuses are represented in the microanalysis.

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020January 27, 2020Uppsala University, SwedenComment

Refugee Protection Regimes: GREECE Country Report

Nadina Leivaditi, Evangelia Papatzani, Aggelos Ilias, Electra Petracou | University of the Aegean

The main goal of this report is to present and discuss both the legal framework and the implementation of refugee protection and asylum procedures in Greece in a timeframe from 2011 to 2018, focusing on the example of the island of Lesvos. It draws from empirical research evidence on existing practices and responses at the grassroots level and reflects on the experiences, perceptions and actions of actors and refugees by highlighting the main problems and difficulties in the implementation of international protection policies.

Protection RegimesRESPOND Horizon2020January 24, 2020University of the Aegean, GreeceComment

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