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Visualization of a Refugee Law for India

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This chapter analyzes the four pending bills in India, namely the MNLR of 1997, the Asylum Bill of 2015, the National Bill of 2015 and the Refugee Bill of 2015. With the exception of the MNLR, these bills have been introduced in the Lok Sabha in 2015 by Members of the Parliament of India.

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  1. 1.

    ‘Model National Law on Refugees’ [2001] 19 ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law, http://www.worldlii.org/int/journals/ISILYBIHRL/2001/19.html accessed March 19, 2015.

  2. 2.

    The Asylum Bill, No. 334 of 2015 (India), Introduced in Lok Sabha by Dr. Shashi Tharoor, MP (hereinafter Asylum Bill).

  3. 3.

    The National Asylum Bill, No. 341 of 2015 (India), Introduced in Lok Sabha by Feroze Varun Gandhi, MP (hereinafter National Bill).

  4. 4.

    The Protection of Refugees and Asylum Seekers Bill, No. 290 of 2015 (India), Introduced in Lok Sabha by Rabindra Kumar Jena, MP (hereinafter Refugee Bill).

  5. 5.

    For detailed discussion see Section 3.2  in Chapter 3.

  6. 6.

    For detailed discussion see Section 2.2 and Section 2.4  in Chapter 2.

  7. 7.

    See V. Suryanarayan, ‘Need for National Refugee Law’ [2001] 1 ISIL Yearbook of International Humanitarian and Refugee Law 254, 257.

  8. 8.

    Model Law (n 1) Preamble.

  9. 9.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 1(a) and Section 1(b).

  10. 10.

    OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, adopted: September 10, 1969, entry into force: June 20, 1974, United Nations Treaty Series No. 14691. Cartagena Declaration on Refugees, Adopted by the Colloquium on the International Protection of Refugees in Central America, Mexico and Panama, November 22, 1984.

  11. 11.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 3(a).

  12. 12.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 3(b).

  13. 13.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 4.

  14. 14.

    For detailed discussion see Arun Sagar & Farrah Ahmed, ‘The Model Law for Refugees: An Important Step Forward?’ [2005] 17 Student Bar Rev. 74–91.

  15. 15.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 12.

  16. 16.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 6(a).

  17. 17.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 6(b).

  18. 18.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 9(a).

  19. 19.

    Model Law(n 1) Section 9(b)–9(g).

  20. 20.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 7(a).

  21. 21.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 8(a)–8(b).

  22. 22.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 8(c)–8(d).

  23. 23.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 5(a).

  24. 24.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 5(b).

  25. 25.

    Guy S. Goodwin-Gill, ‘Non-Refoulement and the New Asylum-Seekers’ [1986] 26 Virginia Journal of International Law 897, 901.

  26. 26.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 15.

  27. 27.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 13.

  28. 28.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 14(a).

  29. 29.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 14(b).

  30. 30.

    Model Law (n 1) Section 16; see also Sagar & Ahmed (n 27) 90.

  31. 31.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Preamble.

  32. 32.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 2(u).

  33. 33.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 4(a).

  34. 34.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 4(b).

  35. 35.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 4(2) and 2(l).

  36. 36.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 2(k): “Country of origin means the country of nationality of the refugee or asylum seeker, or, if he has no nationality, the country of his former ordinary residence.”

  37. 37.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 2(q): “‘nationality’ means the status of a person who is attached to a state by the tie of allegiance and includes but is not limited to citizenship, membership of an ethnic, linguistic or racial group.”

  38. 38.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 4(3).

  39. 39.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 2(o).

  40. 40.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 3.

  41. 41.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 5.

  42. 42.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 6.

  43. 43.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 7.

  44. 44.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 9.

  45. 45.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 9(2).

  46. 46.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 9(5).

  47. 47.

    Asylum Bill (n16) Section 2 and Section 18.

  48. 48.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 17(1).

  49. 49.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 17(2).

  50. 50.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 17(3).

  51. 51.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 19(1) and Section 19(4).

  52. 52.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 21(1).

  53. 53.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 21(2).

  54. 54.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 21(3).

  55. 55.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 22.

  56. 56.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 23.

  57. 57.

    Asylum Bill (n 2)Section 24, Section 27 and Section 28.

  58. 58.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 25.

  59. 59.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 26.

  60. 60.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 29.

  61. 61.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 10(1).

  62. 62.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 10(3).

  63. 63.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 10(4).

  64. 64.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 10(6).

  65. 65.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 10(5) and Section 10(2).

  66. 66.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 11(1), Section 11(2), Section 13(1) and Section 15.

  67. 67.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 11(1) and Section 11(3).

  68. 68.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 12(1).

  69. 69.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 12(3) and 12 (5).

  70. 70.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 11(5), Section 12(7) and Section 14(1).

  71. 71.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 11(4) and Section 12(5).

  72. 72.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 34(1) and Section 34(2).

  73. 73.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 34(3).

  74. 74.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 34(4), Section 34(5) and Section 34(6).

  75. 75.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 8.

  76. 76.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(b) and Section 36(1)(a).

  77. 77.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(c) and Section 37.

  78. 78.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(d).

  79. 79.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(e) and Section 36(1)(e).

  80. 80.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(f).

  81. 81.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(h) and Section 36(1)(b).

  82. 82.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(i) and Section 36(1)(c).

  83. 83.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(j) and Section 36(1)(d).

  84. 84.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 35(1)(k) and Section 36(1)(f).

  85. 85.

    Asylum Bill (n 2) Section 30(1).

  86. 86.

    National Bill (n 3) Preamble.

  87. 87.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 2(a).

  88. 88.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 2(d).

  89. 89.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 5.

  90. 90.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 3.

  91. 91.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 13.

  92. 92.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 4(1)(b).

  93. 93.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 4(1)(a).

  94. 94.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 4(1)(b).

  95. 95.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 6(3).

  96. 96.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 6(1) and 6(2).

  97. 97.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 8(1).

  98. 98.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 8(2).

  99. 99.

    National Bill (n 3) Section 7.

  100. 100.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section Preamble.

  101. 101.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 3(e)(i).

  102. 102.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 3(e)(ii).

  103. 103.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 3(c).

  104. 104.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 3(g).

  105. 105.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 4.

  106. 106.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 12.

  107. 107.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(1).

  108. 108.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(2).

  109. 109.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(4).

  110. 110.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(5).

  111. 111.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 9(1).

  112. 112.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 9(2)–9(5).

  113. 113.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(7).

  114. 114.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(6).

  115. 115.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 6(8).

  116. 116.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 7(1).

  117. 117.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 8(1)–8(2).

  118. 118.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 11 and Section 8(5).

  119. 119.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 8(3)–8(4).

  120. 120.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 5(1).

  121. 121.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 5(2).

  122. 122.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 15.

  123. 123.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 13(1).

  124. 124.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 13(2).

  125. 125.

    Refugee Bill (n 4) Section 14.

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Sarker, S.P. (2017). Visualization of a Refugee Law for India. In: Refugee Law in India. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4807-4_7

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