Bringing Rwandan Refugees ‘Home’: The Cessation Clause, Statelessness, and Forced Repatriation

Kingston, Lindsey N.

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“…Notably, most recent examples of statelessness are mainly due to violent conflicts in unstable regions or failed states and include conflicts in Syria, Darfur, South Sudan, Iraq, and Rwanda. 109 In addition, the populations of low-lying states (for example, the Maldives, Kiribati, Marshall Islands) may need to evacuate due to rising sea levels and the possible submergence of their lands. 110 While the loss of territory due to land submersion is unlikely to occur before the end of the 21 st century, extreme weather events will most likely continue to increase in frequency.…”

Section: Climate Change and Statelessnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Security

Krupocin

2020

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Climate change is one of the greatest challenges and most pressing issues faced by humanity in the modern era. Extreme weather events, changes to world ecosystems, species extinction, disruption of animal and human migration, resource shortages, socio-economic concerns, outbreaks and pandemics, as well as domestic and international conflicts represent only a few select potential climate change consequences. Regrettably, when considering the issues pertinent to climate change, one of the oft-overlooked areas is cultural security. Rising sea levels will lead to some of the world’s islands and coastal cities essentially being erased from Earth, resulting in the destruction, and possibly even the disappearance, of their cultural heritage. Inhabitants of endangered and unlivable areas are likely to drive mass exodus on a global scale, and forcibly displaced persons who find themselves in a new socio-cultural reality face countless challenges that will hinder their sense of cultural security. The most immediate concerns are related to the potential eruption of local and regional conflicts, emergence of negative social behaviors, disappearance of national language and cultural identity, and statelessness due to a loss of habitable lands, all of which pose severe threats to cultural security.

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Section: Climate Change and Statelessnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Impact of Climate Change on Cultural Security

Krupocin

2020

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“…Military and police arbitrarily arrested and detained people in unofficial detention centers, torturing and ill-treating some of them. (Human Rights Watch, 2017) Similar views have been reported elsewhere (Kingston, 2017). The human rights violations undermine efforts for peace and are a recipe for insecurity and violence as Rwandan history suggests.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…There is a strong desire by the Rwandan government that all Rwandans living abroad should return and take part in reconciliation and reconstruction of their country (Kingston, 2017). According to Human Rights First (2004), the Rwandan government has been playing an unusually active role in encouraging the return of its refugee population in exile.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Despite the reconciliation efforts since the 1994 genocide, ethnic tensions remain below the surface (Kingston, 2017;Ingelaere, 2016;Reyntjens, 2013). Mutual fear and suspicions remain between Tutsi and Hutu as Kagame's government is still seen as a government dominated by the former (Kingston, 2017;Ingelaere, 2016;Reyntjens, 2013). This reality has been a source of fear for many Rwandan refugees, a reason they are not willing to return (Ahimbisibwe, 2017b).…”

Section: Politics In Rwandamentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Politics of Repatriation: Rwandan Refugees in Uganda, 2003-2017

Frank¹

2019

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Uganda hosts refugees from neighboring countries including Rwanda. According to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), by the end of 2018, Uganda was the 3rd and 1st top refugee hosting country in the world and Africa respectively. It hosted over 1.2 million refugees. In 2003, a tripartite agreement was signed to repatriate 25,000 Rwandan refugees. Only 850 of them accepted to return and many of them came back almost immediately to Uganda claiming insecurity and human rights violations in Rwanda. The Rwandan repatriation was not devoid of politics. It was influenced by political interests of various actors: the international community, regional geo-politics, Uganda, and Rwanda. This article analyzes the politics of repatriation of Rwandan refugees by focusing on politics at international and regional levels as well as in Uganda and Rwanda.

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“…18 It is important to note that in 2013 many were required to repatriate who would face lifethreatening conditions in Rwanda, and so Uganda hardly implemented a just refugee policy. It nonetheless is true that some refugees could have returned earlier, but were not forced to do so until 2013 (Kingston, 2017). 19 Precisely how many will depend on how long the conditions in home countries remain unsafe.…”

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Must refugees return?

Gerver

2019

Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosoph

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It is widely accepted that states have a right to control immigration, but must accept refugees at risk in their home countries. If this is true, perhaps states have a right to deport refugees once their lives are no longer at risk in their home countries. I raise three types of arguments against this claim, and in support of refugees' right to remain. Citizenship-based arguments hold that refugees have a right to obtain citizenship, and with citizenship comes the right to remain. Plans-based arguments hold that refugees have a right to plan their lives, and they will struggle to plan without the right to remain. Reciprocitybased arguments hold that refugees have a right to reciprocal relationships with citizens, far easier if they know they can remain. I reject the first two arguments, and defend the third.

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Bringing Rwandan Refugees ‘Home’: The Cessation Clause, Statelessness, and Forced Repatriation

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