African refugees and the law

Abstract

In 1966 the institute held an international conference on refugee problems in Africa [...] We have since then followed the refugee questions at the institute and were very encouraged by the initiative by the All Africa Conference of Churches to call a major consultation on these problems in 1977. The institute participated in the preparatory meeting in early 1977 and decided to hold a preparatory meeting for the consultation on legal aspects of the refugee problem. This conference was held at Uppsala in October 1977 and the proceedings are presented in this volume. [From the preface.]

<p>Contents: Preface -- Introduction -- Opening statement / Ola Ullsten -- Convention refugees and De Facto refugees / Paul Weis -- Determination of refugee status under international instruments / Gilbert Jaeger -- refugees in orbit / Göran Melander -- African refugees in Europe / Björn Weibo -- Political rights and freedoms of refugees / Atle Grahl-Madsen -- National law and model legislation on the rights and protection of refugees in Africa / Peter Nobel -- Report of the seminar legal aspects on the African refugee problem / Emmanuel K. Dadzie, Göran Melander, Peter Nobel -- List of participants -- Appendix I – Extracts from the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees -- Apendix II – Extract from the 1967 protocol relation to the status of refugees -- Appendix III – OAU convention governing specific aspects of the problem of refugees in Africa -- Appendix IV – Extract from the Swedish Aliens Act of 1954</p>