Why International Law Favors Emigration Over Immigration

Thomas Kleven

Why International Law Favors Emigration Over Immigration

Texas Southern University

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Abstract

The norms of international law currently support the right of people to freely emigrate from their home country more than the right to freely immigrate to a country where they prefer to live. This paper examines the reasons and justification for this divergence.

Original language	American English
Journal	University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
State	Published - 2002

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Law

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