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Refugee Act
Refugee Act may refer to: In Canada: * Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (2001) In the United States: * Refugee Relief Act (1953) * Azorean Refugee Act of 1958 * Migration and Refugee Assistance Act (1962) * Cuban Adjustment Act (1966) * Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act (1975) * Refugee Act of 1980 {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Immigration And Refugee Protection Act
The ''Immigration and Refugee Protection Act'' (IRPA) (, LIPR) is an Act of the Parliament of Canada, administered by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) and Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), that replaced the '' Immigration Act, 1976'' in 2002 as the primary federal legislation regulating immigration to Canada. The "Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations" (IRPR) specify how provisions of ''IRPA'' are to be applied. Coming into force on 28 June 2002, the Act created a high-level framework detailing the goals and guidelines the Canadian government has set with regard to immigration to Canada by foreign residents. The ''Act'' also sprouted controversy regarding the government's failure to implement a component of the legislation that would have established a Refugee Appeal Division as part of Canada's immigration system. The minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, who oversees agencies such as the CBSA, is responsible for administrating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Refugee Relief Act
On August 7, 1953, President Eisenhower signed the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, also known as the Emergency Migration Act, into law to provide relief for certain refugees, orphans, and other purposes. This act was mainly intended for people from Southern Europe barred due to the numerical limits from the quotas under the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, widely known as the McCarran-Walter Act. The Refugee Relief Act of 1953 was the United States' second refugee admissions and resettlement law, following the Displaced Persons Act of 1948, which expired at the end of 1952. Under this act, 214,000 immigrants were admitted to the United States, including 60,000 Italians, 17,000 Greeks, 17,000 Dutch, and 45,000 immigrants from communist countries. The act was designed to aid those fleeing European Communist countries, like the Soviet Union and Eastern Germany. History In the 1950s, the United States encouraged people to leave European Communist countries. Since the McCarr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azorean Refugee Act Of 1958
Portuguese Americans (), also known as Luso-Americans (''luso-americanos''), are citizens and residents of the United States who are connected to the country of Portugal by birth, ancestry, or citizenship. Americans and others who are not native Europeans from Portugal but originate from countries that were former colonies of Portugal do not necessarily self-identify as "Portuguese American", but rather as their post-colonial nationalities, although many refugees (referred to as ''retornados'') from former Portuguese colonies, as well as many white Brazilians, are ethnically or ancestrally Portuguese. In 2017, an estimated 48,158 Portuguese nationals were living in the United States. Some Melungeon communities in rural Appalachia have historically self-identified as Portuguese. Given their complex ancestry, individual Melungeons may descend from Portuguese people, but not all do. History Bilateral ties date from the earliest years of the United States. Following the American ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Migration And Refugee Assistance Act
The Migration and Refugee Assistance Act was passed by the 87th United States Congress in 1962 and signed into law President John F. Kennedy to deal with unexpected and urgent needs of refugees, displaced persons, conflict victims, and other persons at risk around the globe., The Act was brought into force during the Clinton administration in 2001 to deal with the crises in the Balkans and Nepal. The Act was cited by President Barack Obama in 2009 to authorize money up to $20.3 million related to needs of Palestinian refugees Palestinian refugees are citizens of Mandatory Palestine, and their descendants, who fled or were expelled from their country, village or house over the course of the 1948 Palestine war and during the 1967 Six-Day War. Most Palestinian refug ... and conflict victims in Gaza. External links MEMORANDUM: Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 United States federal immigration and nationality legislation 1962 in American law {{US-fed-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Adjustment Act
The Cuban Adjustment Act (CAA) (), Public Law 89-732, is a United States federal law enacted on November 2, 1966. Passed by the 89th United States Congress and signed by President Lyndon Johnson, the legislation applies to citizens of Cuba admitted into the U.S. after January 1, 1959—the date of the Cuban Communist Revolution—and who have been present in the U.S. for at least two years (later amended to one year). Those persons, and their spouses and children, can be granted lawful permanent resident status on an expedited basis. Since its enactment, the CAA has been a target of criticism and undergone minor modifications. During the " thaw" in Cuba-United States relations in the Obama administration, many thought the CAA would be repealed as an obsolete relic of the Cold War. However, the law has remained intact. Original legislation In the 1960s, tens of thousands of Cubans were fleeing the revolution and coming to the U.S. by varied means, some even by makeshift rafts. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indochina Migration And Refugee Assistance Act
The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, passed on May 23, 1975, under President Gerald Ford, was a response to the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. Under this act, approximately 130,000 refugees from South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were allowed to enter the United States under a special status, and the act allotted special relocation aid and financial assistance. Historical context The end of the Vietnam War left millions of Southeast Asians displaced. In South Vietnam alone, the war had created over 6 million refugees from 1965 to 1971. Preceding May 1975, the United States policy for Southeast Asian refugees had been to assist by resettling them in safer areas of their home nations. As the war began to come to a close in early 1975, the State Department prepared an evacuation plan for U.S. forces as well as 18,000 Vietnamese refugees, but it quickly became apparent that this evacuation plan did not meet the massive need of the refugees. When the South ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
