The Geneva Convention says that refugees can “invoke compelling reasons arising out of previous persecution” for refusing to go back to their home country.
The convention also says that a person can only be refused refugee status if they committed crimes against peace, a war crime or a crime against humanity, or if they committed a “serious non-political crime” outside the country of refuge or if they have been guilty of “acts contrary to the principles of the United Nations.”
The European Court of Human Rights has already ruled that a person cannot be removed to an unsafe country. Peers says: “It seems member states want to get around the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights as much as possible without actually breaching ECHR, they plan to breach the Geneva Convention instead.”
Peers says that the new directive will mean refugees losing rights including
“protection of property, the right of association, access to employment, self-employment and the professions, housing, public assistance, social security, freedom of movement and travel documents.”
“This means”, he says, “they can stay in the country but member states will have to eliminate their rights to move, earn an income, receive benefits or obtain housing. It can only be concluded that the council intends to make sure that status for all refugees is terminated as soon as possible.”
The convention also says that a person can only be refused refugee status if they committed crimes against peace, a war crime or a crime against humanity, or if they committed a “serious non-political crime” outside the country of refuge or if they have been guilty of “acts contrary to the principles of the United Nations.”
The European Court of Human Rights has already ruled that a person cannot be removed to an unsafe country. Peers says: “It seems member states want to get around the ruling of the European Court of Human Rights as much as possible without actually breaching ECHR, they plan to breach the Geneva Convention instead.”
Peers says that the new directive will mean refugees losing rights including
“protection of property, the right of association, access to employment, self-employment and the professions, housing, public assistance, social security, freedom of movement and travel documents.”
“This means”, he says, “they can stay in the country but member states will have to eliminate their rights to move, earn an income, receive benefits or obtain housing. It can only be concluded that the council intends to make sure that status for all refugees is terminated as soon as possible.”