At the start of the 1990s, there was great optimism that the end of the Cold War might also mean the end of the ""refugee cycle""--Both a breaking of the cycle of violence, persecution and flight, and the completion of the cycle for those able to return to their homes. The 1990s…
La 4e de couverture indique : "As of the end of 2015, there were 40.8 civilians who had been internally displaced by conflicts and effects of natural disasters in various parts of the world. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are currently the largest group of persons receiving…
Defining the "legal hole"--Why "climate refugees"? -- Climate-induced migration and international environmental law -- Filling the institutional gap -- Conclusion : cautious optimism
"Following the stories of two dozen refugees from Syria and Afghanistan in 2015, Citizens and Refugees argues that we need to include the histories of these countries, notably the Syrian revolution, into narratives of the refugee crisis. Based on both personal stories and histor…
"Public political debate about migration has become increasingly important and increasingly heated; substantive engagement with the morality of migration, however, is more uncommon. This book defends a moderate account of the right to exclude, on which the state may exclude some…
Refugees in extended exile: living on the edge
by Hyndman, Jennifer, Giles, Wenona Mary
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Refugees in extended exile: living on the edge
by Hyndman, Jennifer, Giles, Wenona Mary
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This book argues that the international refugee regime and its 'temporary' humanitarian interventions have failed. Most refugees across the global live in 'protracted' conditions that extend from years to decades, without legal status that allows them to work and establish a hom…
"As much a reminiscence as a scholarly work, Spitzer examines his childhood, born of German Jewish refugees in Bolivia. Tells how his parents came to Bolivia and describes their life in the new country. Emphasizes memory and the place of dispossessed German Jews in a foreign cou…
The massive dimensions of Syria's refugee crisis--and the search for solutions. The civil war in Syria has forced some 10 million people--more than half the country's population--from their homes and communities, creating one of the largest human displacements since the end of W…
Spanning decades and encompassing war, mass exodus, epic migrations and the search for individual and collective identity, The Last Earth tells the story of modern Palestine through the memories of those who have lived it.Ordinary Palestinians have rarely narrated their own hist…
Refugee camps are imbued in the public imagination with assumptions of anarchy, danger and refugee passivity. Governing Refugees: Justice, Order and Legal Pluralism challenges such assumptions, arguing that refugee camps should be recognized as spaces where social capital can no…