• International Law Case Brief - RE Immigration Act and Hanna

     

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Publicēts: 19.10.2005.
Valoda: Angļu
Līmenis: Vidusskolas
Literatūras saraksts: Nav
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Facts: George Christian Hanna (23 years old) is a stateless person trying to find a country for refuge. In 1954 the United Nations addressed the problem of "stateless" persons to solve the problem when one seeks refuge within a country; however, Canada is not a signatory. Spending most of his life as a ship-bound passenger, Hanna does not have a homeland. Hanna applied for refuge from The "Gudveig" a Norwegian motor-ship in which he was treated as a "stowaway" and imprisoned for more than 16 months. During these 16 months aboard the ship, Hanna made at least three trips to Canada. Hanna found himself in Canada looking for immigration status after being released by the act of habeus corpus. …

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