Resettlement, Populism and the Multiple Dimensions of Solidarity: Lessons from US and Canada

Abstract

Resettlement is the selection and transfer of refugees from a State in which they have sought protection to a third State which has agreed, voluntarily, to admit them. Since resettlement is subject to State planning and control, it is usually immune from current populist narratives that depicts immigration as contrary to national interests. By looking at the experience of both US and Canada, the paper argues that this is not always the case.Resettlement involves not only an international dimension of solidarity, but also an intra-national one which, in turn, is both vertical and horizontal. The former refers to the role of the subnational units with regard to the selection and the distribution of refugees crossover the country, while the latter relates to the involvement of civil society in some elements of their identification or reception. A lack of coordination among these multiple dimensions of solidarity may result in local resistances that in the long run can influence the enforcement of national resettlement policy.

Implementation of ECHR decisions on expulsion in a modern digital society

“…The Resolutions of the Supreme Court are based on the position of the European Court of Human Rights reflected in the Decision No.39428/12 in the case "Gablishvili v. Russia" of June 26, 2014 [16]. Based on the results of consideration of Gablishvili's complaint, the refusal to allow the foreign citizen to enter Russia was found to be contrary to Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms [17], which guarantees everyone the right to respect for his personal and family life in connection with the permanent residence of his wife and children, citizens of Russia, in one of the territories of the Russian Federation. Based on the foregoing, we should note that the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has repeatedly made the resolutions cancelling judgments of the lower courts on bringing foreign citizens to administrative responsibility regarding their expulsion from the territory of Russia, thereby calling into question the effective decisions of the authorized bodies not to allow foreigners to enter into the territory of the country.…”