ANALISIS YURIDIS PERLINDUNGAN PENGUNGSI DI JALUR BALKAN PADA MASA PANDEMI COVID-19 PASCA KEBIJAKAN PENOLAKAN PENGUNGSI OLEH KROASIA

Abstract

At the end of 2020 the DRC (Denish Refugee Council) issued a report
that the Croatian border security had taken action against refugees. The
uncontrolled condition of Covid-19 is the reason Croatia has refused the entry
of refugees. As a participating country in The Convention Relating to the
Status of Refugees 1951, Croatia has an obligation to comply with existing
regulations, including the prohibition against turning away refugees as
stipulated in Article 33 paragraph 1. However, the Covid-19 pandemic has
caused Croatia to reject the entry of refugees. This has an impact on the
responsibility of providing protection to refugees
The type of this research is normative research using literature studies
in searching for data. This research is descriptive by using the existing rules
synchronization method. In this study using qualitative methods in analyzing
the data that has been collected by the author. The data used is secondary data
in the form of codified rules.
The results of this study explain that the responsibility to provide
protection for refugees has changed to become the responsibility of UNHCR.
This is because the condition of Covid-19 in Croatia has an impact on
Croatia's inability to carry out its obligations as a participating country to the
1951 Convention. The form of protection that can be provided to refugees is
in the form of implementing the UNHCR program, namely Human Assistance
to protect refugees in the Balkans. the author's suggestion, namely the
implementation and implementation of the UNHCR mandate to protect
refugees, and the increase in cooperation between countries through the
Balkan route and also UNHCR in implementing human assistance programs
to protect refugees during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Keywords: Croatia, Refugee, Covid-19