1. To start off #RefugeeWeek2022, I've answered some of the classic legal questions around refugees and the Refugee Convention.More detail in the linked blog post at the end 🧵
2. What is the Refugee Convention anyway?
3. What is the legal definition of a refugee?
4. What does "well-founded fear" mean?
5. What does persecution mean? Judges have used the formula "persecution = serious harm + failure of state protection".
6. How important are the "Convention reasons" of race, religion, nationality, social group and political opinion? Very.
7. What level of failure of protection is needed?
8. What is the difference between a refugee and an asylum seeker?
9. What is the difference between a refugee and an economic migrant?
Full blog post here: freemovement.org.uk/what-is-the-le…
And full refugee law book here (half price this week for #RefugeeWeek2022): bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/refugee-law
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