An assessment of legal frameworks for access to asylum for refugees and for the protection of Unaccompanied and Separated Children in Mzuzu, Malawi
Aligned to the “Foundation Research for the Support Programme to the Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue”, SIHMA is conducting study legal frameworks for access to asylum for refugees and for the protection of Unaccompanied and Separated Children. Legal frameworks for access to asylum for refugees and for the protection of unaccompanied and separated children both exist in Malawi. Although legal frameworks exist, there is death of research on their implementation on the ground and the gaps to the legislation. The absence of information on the legislation and its implementation leaves gaps in determining the practical implementation of the laws by government departments and other actors working with the refugees and unaccompanied and separated children.
The research will inform advocacy actions within Malawi and regionally for improved and more protective legal frameworks and effective implementation of these laws on the ground. The results will be compared and integrated with those from MMD III study in order to contribute to advocacy around the improvement/amendment of policy frameworks. The results of the research and the output from the validation workshop will be shared with the organisations in the SIHMA network working on the ground to advocate for changes/amendment of legal frameworks.
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Keywords:
- Africa-EU Migration and Mobility Dialogue, SIHMA, legal frameworks, access to asylum, refugees, protection, Unaccompanied and Separated Children, legislation, protective legal frameworks, effective implementation, results, improvement, policy frameworks