Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)

Human Mobility
Legislation
1990
Year of publication
1990
Specific thematic area
Migration
Sector of governance
Human Mobility
Type of human mobility
Displacement
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border, Seasonal
Type of environmental driver
Drought, Earthquake, Epidemics, Flood
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts

DIRECT SPECIFIC - Temporary protected status in the national law offers protection provisions in the context of environmental disaster.

Sub-region
Northern America
Region
Northern America
Macro-region
Americas
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse driversGCM Objective 5 - Regular pathways
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

(i) there has been an earthquake, flood, drought, epidemic, or other environmental disaster in the state resulting in a substantial, but temporary, disruption of living conditions in the area affected, [and] (ii) the foreign state is unable, temporarily, to handle adequately the return to the state of aliens who are nationals of the state, and (iii) the foreign state officially has requested designation under this subparagraph;…

§244A(b).

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).