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- Title
Refugees on the High Seas: International Refugee Law Solutions to a Law of the Sea Problem.
- Abstract
The article critically examines the United Nation's (UN) Convention on the Law of the Sea as it has been sought flaws on the protection of the lives of migrants at sea, It emphasizes the international refugee law that has a great responsibility of assuring the protection of those involved though the concept of non-refoulement. Moreover, a system of burden-sharing and permanent yet flexible reception agreements is seen as the only sustainable solution involving refugee-related issues.
- Subjects
LAW of the sea; LEGAL status of refugees; IMMIGRATION law; RECEPTION of civil law; REFOULEMENT; IMMIGRATION status; MARINE borers
- Publication
Goettingen Journal of International Law, 2011, Vol 3, Issue 1, p715
- ISSN
2198-4875
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3249/1868-1581-3-2-obrien