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SUMMARY:IBA Showcase: the creation of an international refugee visa and a
  model of protection for refugee and migrant children
DESCRIPTION:There are more people on the move than ever before. Many area
 s of the world have become an unsafe place to live due to armed conflict
 s\, wars and general political instability where state forces are unable
  to protect their citizens. An unprecedented number of such migrants and
  refugees are children. People living in regions of conflict and upheava
 l have no choice but to seek refuge in safer areas whether permanently o
 r temporarily. Such areas of refuge are often in a country to which the 
 refugee may not enter legally without an authorized visa.\n\nA) A Model 
 Instrument for an Emergency Evacuation Visa\n\nThe migrant whose life is
  at risk in their home country\, will put their own life\, and those of 
 their children in peril\, to reach a safe country of refuge. The endange
 red migrant will strive to reach the perceived safe country\, or die try
 ing. No wall can be high or electrified enough\, no sea can be patrolled
  enough\, to keep the refugee from trying to cross the border until they
  succeed or die trying.\n\nIn recent years\, the number of refugees seek
 ing to reach a safe country\, has risen to such a critical level\, that 
 chosen countries of destination are drastically restricting access to th
 eir territories\, sometimes in violation of their obligations under inte
 rnational conventions.\n\nThe IBA Presidential Task Force has concluded 
 research with the ambition of establishing a model instrument for an Eme
 rgency Evacuation Visa (EEV) to provide access to international protecti
 on to particularly vulnerable groups\, and would be an effective complem
 ent to existing conventional protection. The EEV creates an alternative 
 to life threatening illegal entries\, and reliance on smuggling and traf
 ficking networks and seeks to overcome the challenges faced by existing 
 schemes.\n\nB) Model of Protection for Minor Migrants and Refugees\n    
 A child rights response to the child migration and migrant children at r
 isk\n\nIt is reported that one third of the refugees and migrants who ar
 rive in Europe\, alone\, are children. The reason why children set on jo
 urneys alone differ greatly with many escaping to seek asylum from war o
 r civil conflict\, persecution\, or conditions of mass violence in their
  home country. All children on the move are vulnerable to abuse and othe
 r severe forms of violence during and after their journeys and their mor
 tality rate is significantly high. Many migrant children fall into the h
 ands of traffickers and others. There continues to be a lack of protecti
 on for children crossing borders whether voluntarily or involuntarily\, 
 especially unaccompanied children.\n\nThe IBA Presidential Task Force in
 tends to highlight the difficulties faced by refugee and migrant unaccom
 panied children\; to understand best practices globally and agree upon a
  protocol to be adopted world-wide. The Task Force proposes to examine c
 urrent models as well as existing legislation and legal standards in ord
 er to strengthen the protection of the rights of migrant children.\n\nTh
 e Showcase session will feature the results of this research and address
  how the international legal community can be a catalyst for change.
LOCATION:Room 301\, Floor 3
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