The question (6 marks)
Three persons arrive at the border of the fictional State of Novara. Anya has fled her country because she belongs to a minority faith whose members are being imprisoned there, and has lodged a claim which is still pending. Bakul left a neighbouring country to look for better paid work. Chandra belongs to a community that the country of his birth does not recognise as its nationals and that no other State recognises either, and he has crossed the border after mass killings in his home province. Classify each of the three and state what protection each may claim; advise Novara whether it may send any of them back at once. (6 marks)
MU Module IV, human security and refugee law; pack ch. 04, section 5.5.
Plan your answer on paper before you look at the authorities — issue first, then the rule, then apply it to these facts.
It tests Unit 4 · International Organisations and Issues of Political Science – III (International Relations).
Authorities you will need
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, Article 1A(2)
- Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951, Article 33
- New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants
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