Abstract: This paper offers a comprehensive picture and examination of resettlement in Canada and United States. Broadly speaking, resettlement is a mechanism which provides protection to refugees whose life, liberty, safety, health or other human rights are at risk in the country where they sought refuge Canada and United States are the two leading resettlement countries in the world. Canadian and United States resettlement model are the basis for an analysis of the intersection of rights, responsibility, and obligation in the absence of a legal scheme for refugee resettlement. The voluntary nature of resettlement is in contrast to the legal obligation of non-refoulement that States take on with the promise not to send back refugees who reach their territory and claim asylum. A comparative review of the programs in Canada and the United States is undertaken to point out and contrast respective differences, weaknesses, and strengths. This analysis shows how different are these two models.
Keywords: Refugee; International Law; Human Rights; Humanitarian Law; Resettlement; Non-Refoulement.
Title: Refugee Resettlement: A Comparative Study of Canada and the United States
Author: Ibrahim Abdou Chekaraou
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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