Political asylum: A universal right of refugees
- Author Pramod Kumar Singh
- Co-Author Tanya Singh
- DOI
- Country : India
- Subject : Law
Keywords : Refugee, Asylum, Civil Rights
Abstract
The term “refugee” in an ordinary sense means “person who has been forced to leave his country in order to escape war, persecution or natural disorder”. According to ‘Geneva Convention On Refugees, the expression ‘Refugee’, in contrast to a migrant, applied to a person who is outside their home country of citizenship because they have well-founded grounds for fear of persecution because of their race, religion, nationality Syria and Afghanistan in 2014 were the largest source territories of refugees about 120,000 refugees of Tibet have settled in India. The Tibetan dispora maintains a government in exile in Himachal Pradesh, who coordinates political activities for Tibetans in India. ‘United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees’ in 1958 has adopted the following term “refugee” (Article 1. A. 2) apply to any person who, “owing to well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is ousted the country of his nationality and is unable, or owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself of the protection of that country. The refugees in India are struggling for their right of asylum. Apex Court, held that refugees could not be discriminated against in any manner pending formal conferment of rights of citizenship. Apex Court directed the Centre and Arunachal Pradesh to finalise the conferment of citizenship rights on eligible Chakmas and Hajongs. Rehabilitation is an intricate socio-economic issue that invariably assumes political evertones. In ‘Arunachal Pradesh -Vs- Khudiram Chakma’ Case, the Supreme Court recognized the right to life of Chakma refugees who migrated to Assam from East Pakistan in 1964. Desbite resolutions passed by UN and pronouncements of Apex Court, the issue of providing civil rights to refugees is still unresolved.
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