Naslov
The Resource Curse and Duties to Immigrants

Autori
Crnko, Tamara ; Zelič, Nebojša

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, neobjavljeni rad, znanstveni

Skup
The Diversity of Human Rights: The Complicity in Human Rights Violations

Mjesto i datum
Dubrovnik, Hrvatska, 02.09.2019. - 06.09.2019

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Nije recenziran

Ključne riječi
Immigration, resource curse, complicity

Sažetak
This paper addresses the implications of discussion regarding resource curse as presented by Leif Wenar on debates on immigration. Resource curse is a name used to describe a phenomenon that occurs in many less developed countries rich with natural resources. Abundance of oil, minerals and natural gas in many countries becomes an obstacle to economic growth. Less developed countries whose national income depend on highly extractive resources are at risk of civil conflict and rule by authoritarian governments, financed by trade of resources on international market, stolen from peoples of these countries. This leads to gross human rights violation, corruption, lower life expectancy, child malnutrition, violence against women, high illiteracy and poverty rates. These conditions are, among others, causes of great migration flows from resource curse-stricken countries. Main focus of this article is on economic migrants, that are not afforded a refugee status and protection by international conventions.Do citizens of rich countries have the moral duties towards immigrants coming from resource curse countries, if corporations and economy of their countries are connected with trade of resources sold by undemocratic regimes? We aim to show that in addition to Clean trade policy and measures such as Clean trust fund Leif Wenar proposes as somewhat longer term solution for injustice incurred by international trade rules, additional short-term measures are required from the perspective of global justice, such as more open immigration policy, that can address claims of migrants that are currently in bad situation. We claim that complicity with unjust global trade rules provides grounds for duties to accept immigrants due to the fact that undemocratic regimes were financed by citizens of countries they want to enter in.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Politologija, Filozofija

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