INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LAW

Abstract

The rise in conflicts, climate change, poverty, and human rights abuses have driven millions of individuals from their countries of birth in order to seek a better life. It is on the backdrop of the above context that this chapter sets out to discuss international migration law. To this end, the chapter first introduces the concept of migration and the issues that arise from it before proceeding to discuss global migration governance. The chapter then delves into international refugee law where concepts such as asylum, refugee status determination, non-refoulement (French: ʼno return’) and standard of treatment are discussed. International migration law without doubt envelopes the whole world and affects each and every State. However, how international law comes into operation both at a domestic and international level is the focus of this chapter.