What is it about?
This paper describes the programs that comprise the US refugee protection system -- resettlement, asylum, temporary protection, anti-trafficking, and others -- and sets forth a series of recommendation on how to strengthen this system.
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Why is it important?
The US refugee protection system saves lives, strengthens US communities, enriches the country, and inspires other countries. It deserves greater support, not the kind of sustained attacks it has received.
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This paper is part of a project to bring concentrated academic and policy attention to the US refugee protection system, broadly understood to encompass refugees, asylum seekers and refugee-like populations in need of protection. The initiative gave rise to a special collection of papers published in CMS's Journal on Migration and Human Security on the 35th anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980. This introductory paper situates the other papers in the collection within a broader discussion on state compliance with international law, impediments to protection, US protection programs, vulnerable populations, and due process concerns. The paper sets forth policy recommendations to strengthen the US refugee system drawn from the special collection of papers, legislative proposals, and other sources.
Mr Donald Kerwin
University of Notre Dame
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This page is a summary of: The US Refugee Protection System on the 35th Anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980, Journal on Migration and Human Security, January 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.14240/jmhs.v3i2.49.
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