Oxford LibGuides: People on the move: legal & HR responses: Non-citizens & deporation

Non-citizens

Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who are not Nationals of the Country in which They Live
Free pdf of. UN General Assembly resolution 1985. UN Doc. A/40/53

Within member states of the EU) the phrase "third country nationals" (TCN) is used to refer to non-EU nationals while in a EU member state.

Terms to use for subject searches in SOLO:

Political refugees -- Civil rights

Immigrants -- Civil rights

Refugees -- Civil rights

Aliens -- Civil rights

Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law (MPEIL) This link opens in a new window

Alternative names: Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) ; Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro)

The Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law combines the fully updated online edition of the Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) (originally published in print between 1991 and 2001) with the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Procedural Law (MPEiPro) which has been published (online only) since September 2019. The peer-reviewed articles in both works are updated and added to monthly.

EurWork: Third-country nationals
Free resource. Definition, explanation & linked introduction by European Observatory of Working Life

The Human Rights of Non-Citizens by David S. Weissbrodt
Call Number: Internat 570 W432.8a
ISBN: 0199547823
Publication Date: 2008
Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link
Protracted Refugee Situations by Anna G. Jonasdottir; Kathleen B. Jones; Gil Loescher (Editor); James Milner (Editor); Edward Newman (Editor); Gary G. Troeller (Editor)
Call Number: Official Papers: O.UNU/2008(13)
ISBN: 9280811584
Publication Date: 2009
Holders of an Oxford SSO can read this online via title link.

Deportation

Subject searches to try in SOLO:

Deportation -- Great Britain

Emigration and immigration law -- Great Britain

The Official Papers collection on Floor 0 of the Law Library will have a lot of material for researching the development of UK government policy over the years.

The Law and Practice of Expulsion and Exclusion from the United Kingdom by Eric Fripp (Editor); Rowena Moffatt (Associate Editor); Ellis Wilford (Associate Editor); Hope of Craighead (Foreword by)
Call Number: KM177.5.FRI 2015
ISBN: 1849465894
Publication Date: 2015
Holders of an Oxford SSO can also read this online via title link.

UK help

Various charities seek to improve the lot of non-citizens in the UK.

Some are linked (in alphabetical order) below:

Asylum Aid : Protection from Prosecution
Official website of registered charity
REAP: Refugees in Effective and Active Partnership
Official website of registered UK charity
Refugee Action
Official website of UK registered charity
Refugee Council
Official website of UK charity in operation since 1951

Hate crimes in UK are "Crimes committed against someone because of their disability, gender-identity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation are hate crimes and should be reported to the police.
Hate crimes can include: threatening behaviour, assault, robbery, damage to property, inciting others to commit hate crimes, harassment "

Discrimination in UK
It is against the law to discriminate against anyone on the basis of any of the following ‘protected characteristics’:

age, being or becoming a transsexual person, being married or in a civil partnership, being pregnant or on maternity leave, disability,

race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion, belief or lack of religion/belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

This protection applies: in employment law, in education, in consumer law, when using public services, when buying or renting property or when a

member or guest of a private club or association