The institutionalised other: the path natural law to positivist exclusion a case study of the Syrian refugee crisis

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dc.contributor.authorLissoni, Daniel Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-26T06:55:40Z
dc.date.available2018-10-26T06:55:40Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionA research report submitted to the Faculty of Humanities, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts (Human Rights) March 2017en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe on-going Syrian migrant crisis has sparked numerous debates in lego-political philosophy. The liberal, European media has applied significant pressure on its governments to accept and care for any Syrian refugees who seek entry. Due to the unique circumstances of the migrant crisis, particularly the unprecedented numbers of refugees, some European governments have taken concrete steps to curb the influx of asylum seekers, often at the expense of United Nations refugee laws and conventions which are based on the principles of natural law. This thesis aims to investigate whether states are beginning to shift from a natural law perspective to a legal positivist position, in dealing with refugees. While refugee and human rights law is based on natural law tenets, which guarantee that people have unalienable rights, there is now a shift towards a more legal positivist position that requires asylum seekers to define themselves according to ever-changing laws which govern migration and in some cases, circumvent natural rights. This thesis will show that the United Kingdom has undertaken a process to distance itself from international conventions, legislature and ethics that afford refugees their natural rights, and instead pursue a programme that strengthens domestic institutions such as the Home Office in order to reduce immigration through narrowly conceived legal and bureaucratic interventions. Germany on the other hand has taken extreme steps to guarantee the safety and prosperity of Syrian refugees. While recognising potential to further refugee protection still, Germany has made a commitment to both international and domestic legislature that ensures refugees’ rights are safeguarded.en_ZA
dc.description.librarianMT2018en_ZA
dc.format.extentOnline resource (110 leaves)
dc.identifier.citationLissoni, Daniel Anthony (2017) The institutionalised other: the path natural law to positivist exclusion a case study of the Syrian refugee crisis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, <http://hdl.handle.net/10539/25908>
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10539/25908
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshRefugees--Syria
dc.subject.lcshEmigration and immigration law--Syria
dc.subject.lcshHuman rights--Syria
dc.titleThe institutionalised other: the path natural law to positivist exclusion a case study of the Syrian refugee crisisen_ZA
dc.typeThesisen_ZA
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