International migration of children for a better life : human rights, state power, and nations' duties /
"This Book looks at the reality of extreme global inequality from the standpoint of children trapped in the world's most inhospitable places. It asks: Why must any child remain there? Why should any government or institution-in a child's native country, in a potential receiving nation...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2025.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "This Book looks at the reality of extreme global inequality from the standpoint of children trapped in the world's most inhospitable places. It asks: Why must any child remain there? Why should any government or institution-in a child's native country, in a potential receiving nation, or in the international community-have power to prevent the child from relocating trans-nationally if that would greatly improve the child's life prospects? Why, conversely, does no government have a duty affirmatively to facilitate such child's migration to a safer, healthier place? Is the answer to such questions different than for similar questions about adults living in those same places? Does the answer depend on whether a child has parents living and, if so, whether the child is in their custody? Or on the possibility-substantial or slight-of improved circumstances by domestic rather than international relocation? The Book's first Part expounds on children's individual human rights, especially the right to emigrate. The second Part addresses the normative position of a child's country of birth and of the international legal order in terms of powers they should have or not have in relation to the child-in particular, power to impose citizenship and the liabilities attending it. The third Part examines the duties and permissions to assist that international bodies and nations other than a home state have with respect to children and the duty of a child's home state not to obstruct assistance from outside sources"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197752319 0197752314 9780197752333 0197752330 0197752322 9780197752326 |