Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-1988
Abstract
In 1985, the Executive Committee of UNHCR noted its concern about "the growing phenomenon of refugees and asylum-seekers who, having found protection in one country, move in an irregular manner to another country..." (Conclusion No. 36, para. j). At first glance, one might not view this conclusion as objectionable. With all of the millions of refugees in the world, most of who have no protection, why should we be concerned about the lot of a bunch of ingrates who, having already found protection, now want to move on in search of greener pastures? Don't we really have better things to do with our time, more important causes to fight for, than the rights of a load of malcontents who are already being adequately protected elsewhere?
In fact, though, there are some very good reasons for us to be concerned about the way that governments have dealt with this issue.
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Recommended Citation
Hathaway, James C. "'Irregular' Asylum Seekers: What's All the Fuss?" Refuge 8, no. 2 (1988): 1-2. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21553
Comments
Work published when author not on Michigan Law faculty. Copyright the authors, 1988. This open-access work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits use, reproduction and distribution in any medium for non-commercial purposes, provide the original author(s) are credited and the original publication in Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees is cited.