MARKET 1 Lecture 6:
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On the economics and politics of refugee migration; dustman et al; 2017. The current refugee movements are due primarily to the events that followed 9/11 and the uprising in the middle east (arab spring). In 2015 alone, europe received a total of 1. 5milion asylum applications, an unprecedented high. Non-refoulement: prevents host countries from returning refugees against their will to any territory in which they fear a threat to life or freedom, article 33 of the convention. Until 1967, the protocol was limited to persons fleeing events occurring within europe. In 1967, the protocol removed these limitations and endowed the cgr with universal coverage. 2015, 145 states have signed the 1951 convention and 142 have signed both the covention and the. Nevertheless, being based on the concept of individual prosecution, the cgr definition of refugees does not specifically address the more general issue of civilians fleeing wars and conflicts.
