Refugia: radical solutions to mass displacement
by Cohen, Robin, Van Hear, Nicholas
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The Indian Ocean was global long before the Atlantic, and today the countries bordering the Bay of Bengal--India, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Malaysia--are home to one in four people on Earth. Crossing the Bay of Bengal places this region at the heart of world hi…
David Vine recounts how the British & US governments created the Diego Garcia base, making the native Chagossians homeless in the process. He details the strategic significance of this remote location & also describes recent efforts by the exiles to regain their territory.
'The Point of No Return' explores the politics that surround refugees' return 'home'. It combines political theory historical research, and grassroots fieldwork in Latin America and Africa to present a comprehensive picture of refugee repatriation through the 20th-century.
After forced migration to a country where immigrants form an ethnic majority, why do some individuals support exclusivist and nationalist political parties while others do not? Based on extensive interviews and an original survey of 1200 local Serbs and ethnic Serbian refugees f…