With increasing enthusiasm, European states are reviving the Refugee Convention’s cessation provisions in service of their return-oriented refugee policies. This practice threatens the careful balance established by refugee law between the security of refugee status, on the one hand, and its impermanence on the other.
This post reviews the legal requirements for cessation of refugee status as well as how the focus on return distorts their application. Through the lens of Norwegian practice, it is possible to see how reliance on an internal protection alternative (IPA) and non-state actors of protection dilute the requirement of durable protection, especially for women and children.
Read more:
http://eumigrationlawblog.eu/the-end-of-protection-cessation-and-the-return-turn-in-refugee-law/
http://eumigrationlawblog.eu/the-end-of-protection-cessation-and-the-return-turn-in-refugee-law/
