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Governments around the world are refusing admission to asylum-seekers, narrowing the grounds for recognizing refugee claims, and – most drastically – expelling asylum seekers who have not had their refugee status determined in a fair and effective process.

A new report from Refugees International, Forced Back: International Refugee Protection in Theory and Practice, recounts the experiences of 26 people who survived forcible return from China, India, Tanzania, Panama or Thailand. The report also outlines the international agreements and institutions that are meant to prevent the return of refugees to situations of danger, and offers recommendations for reviving the practice of international refugee protection.

Is forcible return ever permissible? Under what circumstances? Does illegal entry prejudice an asylum seeker's right to protection? How can states address security concerns while keeping their borders open to refugees?

Who:
Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International
Maureen Lynch, Director of Research, Refugees International

Moderator:
Kathleen Newland, Director, Migration Policy Institute

When:
Wednesday, May 19, 2004
3:30-5:00 p.m.

Where:
MPI Conference Room
1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 300 (third floor)

RSVP:
Acceptances only to Fancy Sinantha at fsinantha@migrationpolicy.org or 202-266-1929.

For directions to MPI, please click here.

For a copy of Forced Back, please contact Refugees International at 202-828-0110.

The Migration Information Source's newest data tool on Asylum Seekers Worldwide provides easy-to-access data on the 9.6 million applications for asylum lodged in 38 countries in Europe, North America, Oceania, and Asia between 1980 and 2002. This data tool allows users to analyze where asylum seekers are coming from, to which countries they are applying, in what numbers, and in what years.