Refugee resettlement in Europe

As refugees have become a focus of increasing political concern in the 1990s, it is the conditions of entry to European states which has dominated debate and policy making in Europe. The 1951 Geneva Convention, which forms the basis for current international law governing refugee status, gives equal importance to the social rights of refugees within the country of asylum. These include residence rights, employment, social welfare, education and housing (European Consultation on Refugees and Exiles, 1983). Most European states provide at least the minimum levels set out in the Convention to those to whom they grant full refugee status (Convention status), but there has been only limited development towards harmonization of policy in this area. As European integration has brought common policies of closure, resettlement policy remains largely under the control of individual states and reflects individual notions of nationhood and citizenship.

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