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Book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY     VOLUME V VI     Refugees in Turkey and Beyond

Download or read book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME V VI Refugees in Turkey and Beyond written by Hasret ÇOMAK and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hasret Comak and colleagues put together a sizeable collection of studies on refugee situation in Turkey with reference to broader frameworks and discussions. Volume V and VI bring us detailed discussions of the international framework of refugee management as well as the circumstances and experiences of refugees in Turkey. 23 chapters focus on various aspects and offer insights and perspectives on refugee experiences, legal frameworks and implications with particular reference to Turkey. Temporary protection, Syrians, media representations, Turkey’s legal frameworks dealing with refugees are the themes covered in this volume. CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER 1. REGULATIONS INTRODUCED BY LAW ON FOREIGNERS AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION IN TURKEY – Talip Menekşe and Soyalp Tamçelik CHAPTER 2. TURKEY’s ASYLUM POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF TEMPORARY PROTECTION – Ayşegül Bostan CHAPTER 3. THE EVALUATION OF SOCIAL POLICIES REGARDING REFUGEES LIVING IN TURKEY – Derya Alimanoğlu Yemişci CHAPTER 4. SERVICES AND RIGHTS PROVIDED FOR REFUGEES IN TURKEY – Talip Menekşe and Soyalp Tamçelik CHAPTER 5. THE IMPACT OF REFUGEES ON TURKEY’S GEOPOLITICS – Göknil Erbaş Doğan CHAPTER 6. THE ROLE OF SYRIAN IMMIGRANTS IN THE TURKISH FOREIGN POLICY – İsmail Köse and Metin Aksoy CHAPTER 7. REFUGEES POSITION FROM THE FAMILY LAW PERSPECTIVE IN TURKEY – Şebnem Akipek Öcal CHAPTER 8. THE PROGRESS AND CHALLANGES OF REFUGEE EDUCATION IN TURKEY – Hüseyin Pusat Kıldiş CHAPTER 9. REFUGEES IN TURKEY AND THEIR EDUCATION IN TERMS OF IDENTITY – Gamze Uşar CHAPTER 10. IRREGULAR MIGRATION AND EMPLOYMENT EFFECTS OF REFUGEES HEADING TO TURKEY; UNREGISTERED EMPLOYMENT – Hatice Nur Germir CHAPTER 11. THE IMPACT OF SYRIANS UNDER TEMPORARY PROTECTION TO THE LABOUR MARKET IN TURKEY – Asli Okay Toprak CHAPTER 12. TURKEY AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF REFUGEES – Hatice Nur Germir CHAPTER 13. SYRIAN IMMIGRATION AND INTEGRATION POLICIES IN TURKEY – Gülşen Sarı Gerşil CHAPTER 14. THE EXTENT OF SYRIAN REFUGEES IN ELECTION BULLETINS: 2015 AND 2018 ELECTIONS IN TURKEY – Yüksel Kamacı Erkan CHAPTER 15. THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON URBAN PLANNING IN TURKEY – Levent Uzunçıbuk CHAPTER 16. DIGITAL SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKS AS AN INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AREA FORIMMIGRANTS AND LOCALS – Füsun Alver CHAPTER 17. REFLECTIONS OF REFUGEE CRISIS IN MEDIA – Hüseyin Çelik CHAPTER 18. MEDIA AND LANGUAGE STUDIES: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF SYRIAN CIVIL WAR’S MEDIA COVERAGE – Beyza Dutand Nilüfer Pembecioğlu CHAPTER 19. A THOUGH LIFE: THE PORTRAYAL OF REFUGEES IN (TRANSNATIONAL) FILMS – Burak Buğra Komlu and Hasan Gürkan CHAPTER 20. THE PERCEPTION OF MULTICULTURALITY BY EMPLOYEES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESSES AGAINST MIGRANTS – Gözde Mert CHAPTER 21. THE MAINTAINING (NON-MAINTAINING) OF CULTURAL AND SYMBOLIC CODES BY WOMEN THAT HAVE MIGRATED TO EUROPE FROM TURKEY: THE AUSTRIA (VIENNA) EXAMPLE – Nebahat Akgün Çomak, Elgiz Yılmaz Altuntaş and Eda Nur Akgün CHAPTER 22. THE MAINTAINING (NON-MAINTAINING) OF CULTURAL AND SYMBOLIC CODES BY WOMEN THAT HAVE MIGRATED TO EUROPE FROM TURKEY: THE CASE of FRANCE (PARIS) – Elgiz Yılmaz Altuntaş and Nebahat Akgün Çomak

Book Refugee Crisis in International Policy Volume V VI

Download or read book Refugee Crisis in International Policy Volume V VI written by Burak Şakir Şeker and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Professor Hasret Comak and colleagues put together a sizeable collection of studies on refugee situation in Turkey with reference to broader frameworks and discussions. Volume V and VI bring us detailed discussions of the international framework of refugee management as well as the circumstances and experiences of refugees in Turkey. 23 chapters focus on various aspects and offer insights and perspectives on refugee experiences, legal frameworks and implications with particular reference to Turkey. Temporary protection, Syrians, media representations, Turkey's legal frameworks dealing with refugees are the themes covered in this volume.

Book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY   VOLUME I   LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUSES OF REFUGEES

Download or read book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME I LEGAL AND SOCIAL STATUSES OF REFUGEES written by Hasret ÇOMAK and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume offers comprehensive analyses on a variety of topics ranging from legal to social statute of the refugees. The authors and their contributions are as follows: Çağla Arslan Bozkuş “Legal Status of Refugees”; Özkan Gönül and Yunus Karaağaç “Social Rights of Refugees”, Hasan Acar and Serhat Bulut “The Political Rights of Refugees”; Gülayşe Ülgen Türedi “Refugees and Human Rights”; Emine Kılıçaslan “Refugee and Cultural Rights of Refugees in the Context of Political Communication”; Cenap Çakmak Clarifying the Legal Status: Distinctions between Refugees, Asylum Seekers and (Irregular) Migrants”; Mehlika Özlem Ultan “Conceptual Framework About Migration”; Akın Kiren “The History of Refugee Movements: A Brief Overview”; Hakan Sezgin Erkan “Development Assistance and Refugee Crisis”; Merve Mamacı “Refugee Well-Being in Work Life”; Saadat Demirci “Integration of Refugees into the Society”; Güneş Koç “Identity Construction of Syrian in their Narratives”; Asena Boztaş “Refugees, Integration and Political-Demographic Concerns in Turkey and the World”; Cemal Kakışım and Ozan Selçuk “Integration Policies of the European Union and Turkey towards Refugees”; and Hekma Wali “The Local Integration of Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey”.

Book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY   VOLUME IV   Refugees and International Challenges

Download or read book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME IV Refugees and International Challenges written by Hasret ÇOMAK and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth volume in this series contains insightful analyses on a variety of international problems within the context of refugee issue. Contributions in this volume are as follows: Ahmet Sapmaz “Refugees and Security”; Saadat Demirci “Refugees, Migration and Security Threats”; Hüsmen Akdeniz “The Impact of Irregular Migration on Security in the Framework of Changing Security Context”; Mehmet Emin Erendor “Refugees and Terrorism”; Burak Şakir Şeker and Hasret Çomak “Mena Versus Europe: Arising Dimensions of Mediterranean Maritime Security”; Cem Oğultürk “The Impact of Food Insecurity on Migration and Conflict in the Horn of Africa”; Burak Şakir Şeker and Hasret Çomak “Migration by Sea: Libyan Case and EU Approach”; Neziha Musaoğlu “Demografic, Economic, Political and Legal Dimensions of the Russian Federation’s Migration Policy”; Ainur Nogayeva “Central Asian Fighters and their Families in Syria: Refugees or Terrorists?”; Murat Pinar and Soyalp Tamçelik “Determining the Socio-Economic and Security Impacts of Rohingya Refugees on Neighbouring Countries: Bangladesh and India”; Ferdi Güçyetmez “Immigration and Belonging Issue on the American - Mexico Border”; Zekeriya Alperen Bedirhan “The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (Daca)”; Akın Sağıroğlu and İlhan Aras “The Issue of Immigration in the United States Elections: A Look at Trump-Era”; Saadet Çalişkan Ciğer “An Alternative Solution to Problems Arising in Refugee Crises: Humanitarian Space and Humanitarian System”; Murat Koray “Developing Effective Resilience Based Strategies for Refugees”; Tarık Demir “Enclavity and Refugees”; and Sezin İba Gürsoy “Refugee and Climate Change”.

Book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY     VOLUME II     Refugee Policies of the EU and European Countries

Download or read book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME II Refugee Policies of the EU and European Countries written by Hasret Çomak and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume book series titled “Refugee Crisis in International Politics” are prepared with the aim of clarifying the above-mentioned issues and enriching the content, context, and depth to the field of science. “States must protect all migrants against violence based on racism and xenophobia, exploitation, and forced labor. Migrants should not be detained without legitimate reasons or forcefully send back to their home country. States must take responsibility for and fulfill these responsibilities meticulously for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants to be able to rebuild their lives safely against serious dangers. Sharing responsibility for global problems is fair in the 21st century”. İçindekiler PREFACE CHAPTER 1. THE EU REFUGEE POLICIES AND THE STATUS OF REFUGEES – Neriman Hocaoğlu Bahadır CHAPTER 2. THE EUROPEAN UNION MIGRATION POLICY: EVOLUTION THROUGH REFUGEE CRISIS – Sertif Demir CHAPTER 3. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE REFUGEE CRISIS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION – Mesut Şöhret CHAPTER 4. GENDER, MIGRATION, AND SECURITY: THE EU’S RESPONSE TO THE REFUGEE CRISIS – Ayşegül Gökalp Kutlu CHAPTER 5. RE-BORDERING EUROPE?: REFUGEES AND ‘TEMPORARY’ INTERNAL BORDER CONTROLS – Aslı Şirin and Ebru Dalğakıran CHAPTER 6. SECURITIZATION OF REFUGEE PROBLEM WITHIN EUROPEAN UNION – Mesut Şöhret CHAPTER 7. NORMATIVE ELUSIVENESS OF EUROPE IN TERMS OF REFUGEE CRISIS – Sinem Bal CHAPTER 8. REFUGEE POLICIES OF THE BALTIC COUNTRIES – Burulkan Abdibaitova Pala CHAPTER 9. A HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY ANALYSIS OF THE BRITISH IMMIGRATION POLICIES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR SETTLEMENT AND INTEGRATION: THE CASE OF TURKISH IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM – Serkan Baykuşoglu CHAPTER 10. MIGRATION POLICY OF SPAIN – Ferda Özer CHAPTER 11. POPULISM AND REFUGEE POLICIES OF AUSTRIA – Sinem Eray CHAPTER 12. BELGIUM’S IMMIGRATION ASYLUM POLICIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS – Ebru Dalğakıran CHAPTER 13. HUNGARY’S ASYLUM POLICY BEFORE AND AFTER THE REFUGEE MOVEMENT IN 2015 – Aslı Şirin CHAPTER 14. ASYLUM POLICY OF REPUBLIC OF SERBIA: THE CASE OF THE HUMANITARIAN ROUTE – Ayşegül Bostan

Book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY   VOLUME III   Refugee Policies of the International Organizations

Download or read book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME III Refugee Policies of the International Organizations written by Hasret Çomak and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This six-volume book series titled “Refugee Crisis in International Politics” are prepared with the aim of clarifying concepts and challenges in this field. The role of the international organizations in formulation, development and evolution of refugee policies is the focus of the contributions in the third volume. We have eight chapters presented as follows: Doğan Şafak Polat “United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its Relations with the other United Nations’ Organs”; Ebru Gür and Soyalp Tamçelik “Interagency Cooperation between UNHCR and ILO (International Labour Organization) on the Promotion of Refugees Right to Work”; Ebru Gür and Soyalp Tamçelik “Demographic Reports of UNHCR for Refugees”; İsmail Melih Baş “The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Migrants / Migration”; Dinçer Bayer “Refugee Policy of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)”; Adnan Seyaz “NATO and the Current Refugee Crisis Prospects and Challenges”; Furkan Yıldız “Refugee Policies of Council of Europe”; and Hazar Dördüncü “The Impact of International Trade Organizations on the Refugee Crisis”. CONTENTS PREFACE CHAPTER 1. UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AND ITS RELATIONS WITH THE OTHER UNITED NATIONS’ ORGANS - Doğan Şafak Polat CHAPTER 2. INTERAGENCY COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNHCR AND THE ILO ON THE PROMOTION OF REFUGEES RIGHT TO WORK - Ebru Gür and Soyalp Tamçelik CHAPTER 3. UNHCR’S DEMOGRAPHIC REPORTS ON REFUGEES - Ebru Gür and Soyalp Tamçelik CHAPTER 4. THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS (SDGS) AND MIGRANTS / MIGRATION - İsmail Melih Baş CHAPTER 5. REFUGEE POLICY OF NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) - Dinçer Bayer CHAPTER 6. NATO AND THE CURRENT REFUGEE CRISIS: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES - Adnan Seyaz CHAPTER 7. REFUGEE POLICIES OF COUNCIL OF EUROPE - Furkan Yıldız CHAPTER 8. THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE ORGANIZATIONS ON THE REFUGEE CRISIS - Hazar Dördüncü

Book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME IV

Download or read book REFUGEE CRISIS IN INTERNATIONAL POLICY VOLUME IV written by and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Refugee Crisis in International Policy Volume II   Refugee Policies of The EU and European Countries

Download or read book Refugee Crisis in International Policy Volume II Refugee Policies of The EU and European Countries written by Burak Şakir Şeker and published by Transnational Press London. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume presents comparative and detailed analyses on the refugee policies of not only the European Union but also the European countries. Contributions in this volume are as follows: Neriman Hocaoğu Bahadır "The Refugee Policy of the EU and the Status of the Refugees"; Sertif Demir "The European Union Migration Policy: Evolution Through Refuge Crisis"; Mesut Şöhret "Historical Development of the Refugee Crisis in the European Union"; Aysegül Gökalp Kutlu "Gender, Migration and Security: The EU's Responses to the Refugee Crisis"; N. Aslı Şirin and Ebru Dalgakıran "Re-Bordering Europe?: Refugees and 'Temporary' Internal Border Controls"; Mesut Şöhret "Securitization of Refugee Problem Within European Union"; Sinem Bal "Normative Elusiveness of Europe in Terms of Refugee Crisis"; Burulkan Abdibaitova Pala "Refugee Policies of the Baltic Countries"; Serkan Baykuşoğlu "A Historical and Contemporary Analysis of the British Immigration Policies and their Implications for Settlement and Integration: The Case of Turkish Immigrants in the United Kingdom"; Ferda Özer "Migration Policy of Spain"; Sinem Eray "Populism and Refugee Policies of Austria"; Ebru Dalğakıran "Belgium's Immigration Asylum Policies in Times of Crisis"; N. Aslı Şirin "Hungary's Asylum Policy before and after the Refugee Movement in 2015"; and Ayşegül Bostan "The Asylum Policy of Republic of Serbia: The Case of the Humanitarian Route".

Book Refugee Crisis  The Borders of Human Mobility

Download or read book Refugee Crisis The Borders of Human Mobility written by Melina Duarte and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should we respond to the worst refugee crisis since the World War II? What are our duties towards refugees, and how should we distribute these duties among those at the receiving end of the refugee flow? What are the relevant political solutions? Are some states more responsible for creating the current refugee situation, and if so, should they also carry a larger burden on solving this situation? Is people smuggling always morally wrong? Are some groups, for example children, owed more than others, and should we thus take active measures to remove them from conflict zones? How are the existing refugee regimes, in Europe, North-America, or Australia, challenged by the current crisis? Are some of their measures more justified than others? Refugee Crisis: The Borders of Human Mobility discusses the various ethical dilemmas and potential political solutions to the ongoing refugee crisis, providing both theoretical and practical reflections on the current crisis, as well as the ways in which this crisis has been handled in public debate. The contributors to the volume include some of the most prominent political theorists and experts on the current refugee situation, as well as some of the upcoming young scholars working on the theme. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Global Ethics.

Book The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa

Download or read book The Economic Impact of Conflicts and the Refugee Crisis in the Middle East and North Africa written by Mr.Bjoern Rother and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent decades, the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) has experienced more frequent and severe conflicts than in any other region of the world, exacting a devastating human toll. The region now faces unprecedented challenges, including the emergence of violent non-state actors, significant destruction, and a refugee crisis bigger than any since World War II. This paper raises awareness of the economic costs of conflicts on the countries directly involved and on their neighbors. It argues that appropriate macroeconomic policies can help mitigate the impact of conflicts in the short term, and that fostering higher and more inclusive growth can help address some of the root causes of conflicts over the long term. The paper also highlights the crucial role of external partners, including the IMF, in helping MENA countries tackle these challenges.

Book The Consequences of Chaos

Download or read book The Consequences of Chaos written by Elizabeth G. Ferris and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2016-04-05 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 World War II. Daily headlines testify to their plight, both within Syria and in the countries to which they have fled. The Consequences of Chaos looks beyond the ever-increasing numbers of Syria's uprooted to consider the long-term economic, political, and social implications of this massive movement of people. Neighboring countries hosting thousands or even millions of refugees, Western governments called upon to provide financial assistance and even new homes for the refugees, regional and international organizations struggling to cope with the demands for food and shelter—all have found the Syria crisis to be overwhelming in its challenges. And the challenges of finding solutions for those displaced by the conflict are likely to continue for years, perhaps even for decades. The Syrian displacement crisis raises fundamental questions about the relationship between action to resolve conflicts and humanitarian aid to assist the victims and demonstrates the limits of humanitarian response, even on a massive scale, to resolve political crises. The increasingly protracted nature of the crisis also raises the need for the international community to think beyond just relief assistance and adopt developmental policies to help refugees become productive members of their host communities.

Book All at Sea

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  • Author : Kathleen Newland
  • Publisher : Migration Policy Institute and the Bertelsmann Foundation
  • Release : 2016
  • ISBN : 9780983159162
  • Pages : 206 pages

Download or read book All at Sea written by Kathleen Newland and published by Migration Policy Institute and the Bertelsmann Foundation. This book was released on 2016 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maritime migration : a wicked problem / Kathleen Newland -- Case study : unauthorized maritime migration in Europe and the Mediterranean region / Elizabeth Collett -- Case study : unauthorized maritime migration in the Bay of Bengal / Kathleen Newland -- Case study : unauthorized maritime migration in the Gulf of aden and the Red Sea / Kate Hooper -- Case study : the maritime approaches to Australia / Kathleen Newland -- Case study : maritime migration in the United States and the Caribbean / Kathleen Newland and Sarah Flamm

Book The Refugee Surge in Europe

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Book Turkey   s Syrian Refugees

Download or read book Turkey s Syrian Refugees written by Kılıç Buğra Kanat and published by SETA. This book was released on 2015-04-28 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this report, we provide an overview of the situation of refugees in Turkey and the difficulties that Turkey is facing in handling such a major crisis alongside of its Southern border.

Book The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises written by Dr. Cecilia Menjívar and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The objective of The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises is to deconstruct, question, and redefine through a critical lens what is commonly understood as "migration crises." The volume covers a wide range of historical, economic, social, political, and environmental conditions that generate migration crises around the globe. At the same time, it illuminates how the media and public officials play a major role in framing migratory flows as crises. The volume brings together an exceptional group of scholars from around the world to critically examine migration crises and to revisit the notion of crisis through the context in which permanent and non-permanent migration flows occur. The Oxford Handbook of Migration Crises offers an understanding of individuals in societies, socio-economic structures, and group processes. Focusing on migrants' departures and arrivals in all continents, this comprehensive handbook explores the social dynamics of migration crises, with an emphasis on factors that propel these flows as well as the actors that play a role in classifying them and in addressing them. The volume is organized into nine sections. The first section provides a historical overview of the link between migration and crises. The second looks at how migration crises are constructed, while the third section contextualizes the causes and effects of protracted conflicts in producing crises. The fourth focuses on the role of climate and the environment in generating migration crises, while the fifth section examines these migratory flows in migration corridors and transit countries. The sixth section looks at policy responses to migratory flows, The last three sections look at the role media and visual culture, gender, and immigrant incorporation play in migration crises.

Book Refuge in a Moving World

Download or read book Refuge in a Moving World written by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2020-07-17 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refuge in a Moving World draws together more than thirty contributions from multiple disciplines and fields of research and practice to discuss different ways of engaging with, and responding to, migration and displacement. The volume combines critical reflections on the complexities of conceptualizing processes and experiences of (forced) migration, with detailed analyses of these experiences in contemporary and historical settings from around the world. Through interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies – including participatory research, poetic and spatial interventions, ethnography, theatre, discourse analysis and visual methods – the volume documents the complexities of refugees’ and migrants’ journeys. This includes a particular focus on how people inhabit and negotiate everyday life in cities, towns, camps and informal settlements across the Middle East and North Africa, Southern and Eastern Africa, and Europe.

Book No Refuge

    Book Details:
  • Author : Serena Parekh
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2020-09-03
  • ISBN : 0197508014
  • Pages : 256 pages

Download or read book No Refuge written by Serena Parekh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-03 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Syrians crossing the Mediterranean in ramshackle boats bound for Europe; Sudanese refugees, their belongings on their backs, fleeing overland into neighboring countries; children separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border--these are the images that the Global Refugee Crisis conjures to many. In the news we often see photos of people in transit, suffering untold deprivations in desperate bids to escape their countries and find safety. But behind these images, there is a second crisis--a crisis of arrival. Refugees in the 21st century have only three real options--urban slums, squalid refugee camps, or dangerous journeys to seek asylum--and none provide genuine refuge. In No Refuge, political philosopher Serena Parekh calls this the second refugee crisis: the crisis of the millions of people who, having fled their homes, are stuck for decades in the dehumanizing and hopeless limbo of refugees camps and informal urban spaces, most of which are in the Global South. Ninety-nine percent of these refugees are never resettled in other countries. Their suffering only begins when they leave their war-torn homes. As Parekh urgently argues by drawing from numerous first-person accounts, conditions in many refugee camps and urban slums are so bleak that to make people live in them for prolonged periods of time is to deny them human dignity. It's no wonder that refugees increasingly risk their lives to seek asylum directly in the West. Drawing from extensive first-hand accounts of life as a refugee with nowhere to go, Parekh argues that we need a moral response to these crises--one that assumes the humanity of refugees in addition to the challenges that states have when they accept refugees. Only once we grasp that the global refugee crisis has these two dimensions--the asylum crisis for Western states and the crisis for refugees who cannot find refuge--can we reckon with a response proportionate to the complexities we face. Countries and citizens have a moral obligation to address the structures that unjustly prevent refugees from accessing the minimum conditions of human dignity. As Parekh shows, there are ways we as citizens can respond to the global refugee crisis, and indeed we are morally obligated to do so.