Book contents
- The Rights of Refugees under International Law
- The Rights of Refugees under International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Table of Concordance to the Refugee Convention and Protocol
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments
- Abbreviations for Courts and Tribunals Cited
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of the Refugee Rights Regime
- 2 An Interactive Approach to Interpreting Refugee Rights
- 3 The Structure of Entitlement under the Refugee Convention
- 4 Rights of Refugees Physically Present
- 5 Rights of Refugees Lawfully or Habitually Present
- 6 Rights of Refugees Lawfully Staying
- 7 Rights of Solution
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- Index
6 - Rights of Refugees Lawfully Staying
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 March 2021
- The Rights of Refugees under International Law
- The Rights of Refugees under International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Table of Concordance to the Refugee Convention and Protocol
- Acknowledgments
- Table of Cases
- Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments
- Abbreviations for Courts and Tribunals Cited
- Introduction
- 1 The Evolution of the Refugee Rights Regime
- 2 An Interactive Approach to Interpreting Refugee Rights
- 3 The Structure of Entitlement under the Refugee Convention
- 4 Rights of Refugees Physically Present
- 5 Rights of Refugees Lawfully or Habitually Present
- 6 Rights of Refugees Lawfully Staying
- 7 Rights of Solution
- Book part
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A significant number of important rights accrue to refugees only once they are “lawfully staying” in a state party. These include the rights to engage in wage-earning employment and to practice a profession, freedom of association, access to housing and welfare, to benefit from labor and social security legislation, and to receive travel documentation.
As previously described,1 a refugee is lawfully staying (résidant régulièrement) when his or her presence in a given state is ongoing in practical terms. This may be because he or she has been granted asylum consequent to formal recognition of refugee status. But refugees admitted to a so-called “temporary protection” system or other durable protection regime are also lawfully staying.
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- The Rights of Refugees under International Law , pp. 925 - 1127Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021