This Webinar will examine different policy instruments that countries in the Global South have developed for refugee protection.

The presentations will look at three countries whose domestic legislation and international commitments differ widely: Bangladesh, who has not ratified the 1951 Refugee Convention; Brazil, who has ratified the Convention and has some of the most liberal migration and refugee legislation in the world; and Turkey, who has ratified the Convention but with a geographical limitation. How is refugee protection understood and implemented these countries? Which domestic policies apply for diverse groups of forcibly displaced persons? Who are the main policymaking and implementing actors in each country and how do they ‘shape’ refugee protection? To answer these questions, this Webinar will show some results of the research that has been done in the framework of the H2020 ASILE project. The three presentations will look at the interaction between domestic and international norms and will explain the role of the implementing actors in refugee governance in each country.

Migrants or refugees? The non-differentiation between legal categories in Brazil, by Leiza Brumat, MPC, EUI

Refugees without ‘refugee’ status: The ad-hoc patters of hospitable protections in Bangladesh, by Muhammad Mahbubur Rahman, University of Dhaka

Temporary without a limit? A critical overview of Turkey’s protection laws and policies, by Meltem Ineli Ciger, Süleyman Demirel University

Chair: Sergio Carrera, Migration Policy Centre, EUI and CEPS

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