{"id":34226,"date":"2015-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ready-for-feedback3.com\/shape-history\/fmr\/staples-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-01T07:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T12:25:38","slug":"staples-2","status":"publish","type":"fmr_content","link":"https:\/\/www.fmreview.org\/ar\/destination-europe\/staples-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Simplifying refugee status determination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>International law maintains that status determination is declaratory, which means that status determination does not make one a refugee but declares one to be a refugee. It means that many of those now on the move <strong>are<\/strong> refugees, in spite of our non-recognition of them. However, recognition of a person as a refugee is vital to their protection and status.<\/p>\n<p>There is precedent elsewhere in the world for dealing with mass influx via <em>prima facie <\/em>status determination; in fact, the vast majority of refugees in the world attain their status in this way. This is a pragmatic response for when a host state\u2019s refugee status determination infrastructure has been overwhelmed \u2013 the situation in which Europe currently finds itself. It allows for a lower standard of proof and could be used, for example, to accept Syrian nationality as evidence of being a refugee. Germany has been reported as implementing such a strategy unilaterally.<\/p>\n<p>The Temporary Protection Directive was designed for just such a purpose, at least as a stop-gap, but has not been implemented. Europe must find a way to fairly and effectively implement status determination procedures appropriate to a situation of mass influx.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Staples <a href=\"mailto:kls25@le.ac.uk\"><em>kls25@le.ac.uk<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lecturer in International Politics, University of Leicester <a href=\"https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/\">https:\/\/le.ac.uk\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International law maintains that status determination is declaratory, which means that status determination does not make one a refugee but declares one to be a refugee. It means that many of those now on the move are refugees, in spite of our non-recognition of them. 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