Reworking the Relationship Between Asylum and Employment

Reworking the Relationship Between Asylum and Employment PDF Author: Penelope Mathew
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 041558079X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 234

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Book Description
This book examines the extent to which the right to work for refugees and asylum-seekers is protected by international human rights law. Work is central to durable solutions for refugees ' whether the solution is repatriation to the country of origin, local integration in a country of first asylum or resettlement in a third country. However, it is almost taboo to speak about the economic aspect of refugee-hood because governments often seek to discredit asylum-seekers as mere ' economic migrants' . Frequently, governments in developing...