Impact of the criminalization of migration on the protection and enjoyment of human rights 2010, para. 41
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- In the Special Rapporteur's view, criminalizing the entry and stay of asylum-seekers, as well as their methods of arrival, increases the vulnerability of asylum-seekers in host countries and feeds into the depiction of asylum-seekers as criminals, along with other so-called "illegals". Furthermore, with the increasing focus of migration management on controlling people and their movements, persons who move irregularly are more likely to be profiled than those who do not. In this regard, the Special Rapporteur is very concerned about the assumption that in practice there is some overlap between the categories of refugee and terrorist and calls upon States to support the situation of those escaping persecution and danger, taking all necessary measures to address the stereotyping of asylum-seekers and refugees and proscribing detention in the asylum-seeking determination processes.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Movement
- Person(s) affected
- Persons on the move
- Year
- 2010
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Migrants, Report to the UNGA (2010), A/65/222, para. 41.
- Paragraph number
- 41
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