Immigration Article of the Day: The “Right to Remain Here” as an Evolving Component of Global Refugee Protection: Current Initiatives and Critical Questions by Daniel Kanstroom
The “Right to Remain Here” as an Evolving Component of Global Refugee Protection: Current Initiatives and Critical Questions by Daniel Kanstroom (Boston College)
This paper considers the relationship between two human rights discourses, refugee/asylum protection and the body of law that regulates deportations. It suggests that the development of rights against removal, as well as rights during and after removal, aids our understanding of the refugee protection regime and its future. This paper argues that emerging anti-deportation discourses should be systematically studied by those interested in the global refugee regime for three basic reasons: 1) the linkage between the two phenomena of refugee/asylum protection and deportation; 2) deportation human rights discourses embody framing models that might aid reform of the existing refugee protection regime; and 3) deportation discourses offer important rights protections that could strengthen the refugee and asylum regime. It concludes with consideration of how deportation discourses may strengthen protections for refugees, while also helping to develop more capacious and protective systems in the future.
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