Immigration Policies Against Human Rights 3

Description

Human rights are universal and inalienable, and impose obligations on states to protect individuals and groups. Yet immigrants and refugees often remain insufficiently protected against violations arising from migration policies. Although freedom of movement is affirmed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, many states restrict or disregard migrants’ fundamental rights in the name of migration control.

This three-volume series provides a global and interdisciplinary overview of the relationship between immigration policies and human rights. It draws on contributions from law, political science, history, demography, sociology and economics.

Immigration Policies Against Human Rights 3 analyses the responses provided by supranational institutions, national governments and civil society to migrants’ difficulties in accessing political, economic and social rights resulting from discriminatory practices, despite the principle of equality before the law. The geographical coverage of this book is particularly extensive. Of the thirteen chapters, two adopt a global perspective, while two others focus on Africa. Well-documented case studies examine five European countries (Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Ukraine), two African countries (Kenya and Morocco), three countries in the Americas (Argentina, Canada and Mexico) and two Asian countries (Japan and Türkiye).

Contents

Part 1. The Supranational Level
1. The Global Role of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Yves Charbit.
2. Governance and Access to Human Rights for African Migrants is Not Without Difficulties, Mohammed Charef.
3. Harmonizing Refugee Protection: Coherent Plurilateralism in the East African Community, Elvis Ng’andwe.
4. Adapting Protection: The Evolution of the EU’s Response to Forced Migration in Ukraine, Enza Roberta Petrillo.

Part 2. The State Level
5. Judicial Processes for the International Return of Children and Adolescents in Córdoba, Argentina, Paula Gisele Peláez.
6. Comprehensive Initiatives for Refugees/Migrants? Experiences and Perspectives from Japan, Yasunobu Sato.
7. Protecting the Rights of Migrants and Refugees in the Mediterranean: from Supranational Recognition to Infranational Effectiveness in Morocco, Rachida Saadi.
8. Syrian Refugees’ Access to Emergency Services Following the 2023 Earthquakes in Kahramanmaras, Türkiye, Nazan Cömert-Baechler.

Part 3. Civil Society: Diasporas and NGOs
9. Identity and Belonging of Arab Canadians: Immigration and Community, Rachad Antonius and Jasmin Habib.
10. Migrant Organizations and Human Rights, Sascha Krannich and Menderes Candan.
11. Breaking Down Language Barriers to Facilitate Access to Rights, Tabouri and Yves Charbit.
12. Permanent Access to Healthcare (PASS) as a Response to the Crisis in the French Healthcare System, Denis Mechali.
13. Right to Health at the Margins: Exploring Undocumented Migrants’ Access to Healthcare in Spain and Türkiye, H. Deniz Genç.

About the authors/editors

Yves Charbit is Professor Emeritus of Demography at Université Paris Cité, France. He is a specialist in population and development issues. Many of his publications focus on international migration and population policies.

With contributions from
Eugenia Gómez del Rio is Research Director at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
James F. Hollifield is Director of the Tower Center at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, United States.
Sascha Krannich is Professor at IU University in Cologne, Germany.

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