Protecting asylum-seekers prior to determination of refugee status: reinterpreting the refugee convention and assessing contemporary state practice on non-refoulement

• Main Authors: Hamid, Abdul Ghafur@Khin Maung Sein, Phiri, Shaban Abdul Majeed
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Ahmad Ibrahim Kulliyyah of Laws (AIKOL), International Islamic University Malaysia 2017
• Subjects: K Law (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/57601/1/57601_Protecting%20Asylum-seekers.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57601/7/57601_Protecting%20asylum-seekers_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/57601/; http://journals.iium.edu.my/iiumlj/index.php/iiumlj/article/view/318/206

The present decade is confronted with unprecedented refugee crises, dwarfing all similar refugee crises ever witnessed by mankind before. The plight of asylum-seekers, particularly prior to the determination of their refugee status by the host country, is of great concern to the UNHCR and the intern...