This piece is about refugees, asylum seekers, and the Refugee Convention. It outlines who can be a refugee, and how being a refugee and having “refugee status” are
Lawyers do not own the word “refugee”. The term has been in use since the eighteenth century and has its own evocative, wider meaning in the public consciousness.
On the face of it, refugee status and humanitarian protection seem like two sides of the same coin. Both are a form of international protection granted to a
This week is Refugee Week. On Free Movement we aim to communicate complex legal issues in immigration and asylum law in a clear way. Here we answer the
