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In this unique "history from below," Ruth Balint chronicles encounters between displaced persons in Europe and the Allied agencies who were tasked with caring for them after the Second World War. The struggle to define who was a displaced person and who was not was a subject of intense debate and deliberation among humanitarians, international law experts, immigration planners, and governments. What has not adequately been recognized is that displaced persons also actively participated in this emerging refugee conversation. Displaced persons endured war, displacement, and resettlement, but these experiences were not defined by passivity and speechlessness. Instead, they spoke back, creating a dialogue that in turn helped shape the modern idea of the refugee.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Abbreviations -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. Telling the Truth in Postwar Europe -- 2. "There Has Been a Lot of Dirt Here" -- 3. Housewives and Opportunists -- 4. Unaccompanied Children and Unfit Mothers -- 5. The Children Left Behind -- 6. "The Top-Heavy Slow-Turning Wheel" -- 7. Address Unknown -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Index

Roughly fifteen percent of the world's total population is believed to live with some form of disability. The proportion in refugee and migrant populations is undoubtedly higher, exacerbated by their exposure to high risk, violence and uncertainty. People who have disabilities are also among those most prone to poverty, social marginalisation, prejudice and discrimination. Yet despite various mechanisms introduced by the international community to protect people with disabilities, including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007), the stigma and barriers refugee and migrants face in gaining entry or asylum prevails. These barriers are practical as well as political: legislation introduced in Australia, for example, has fortified the ability of government to deport people who are non-citizens, under a policy of removal that has done away with legal processes. The policy gained some negative attention in the media in the early years of this century, when controversies surrounded the deportation of mentally ill Australian citizens Cornelia Rau and Vivian Alvarez Solon by mistake. But despite these brief moments of outrage, the government has continued to deport families and individuals it considers will impose "excessive cost" on the public purse in the long run.

Roughly fifteen percent of the world's total population is believed to live with some form of disability. The proportion in refugee and migrant populations is undoubtedly higher, exacerbated by their exposure to high risk, violence and uncertainty. People who have disabilities are also among those most prone to poverty, social marginalisation, prejudice and discrimination. Yet despite various mechanisms introduced by the international community to protect people with disabilities, including the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2007), the stigma and barriers refugee and migrants face in gaining entry or asylum prevails. These barriers are practical as well as political: legislation introduced in Australia, for example, has fortified the ability of government to deport people who are non-citizens, under a policy of removal that has done away with legal processes. The policy gained some negative attention in the media in the early years of this century, when controversies surrounded the deportation of mentally ill Australian citizens Cornelia Rau and Vivian Alvarez Solon by mistake. But despite these brief moments of outrage, the government has continued to deport families and individuals it considers will impose "excessive cost" on the public purse in the long run.

From the beginning of the twentieth century, Sydney defined cosmopolitanism and modernity in the national imagination, and central to this image was the cinema: its technology, its architecture, its stars, its marketing and the stories it circulated to its audiences about Australia and the world. Though it is difficult to define a genre of Sydney film, Sydney provided the backdrop for a host of ideas about the city, and later suburbia. Sydney came to be seen as a 'tinsel town' of cultural bankruptcy and hedonism. But distinctive stories about the city itself are rare, except perhaps in the 1930s and 1940s films made by the Commonwealth government for marketing the nation. Migrant film emerged as an important category of cinema from the 1970s, making Sydney central to the understanding and construction of Australian multiculturalism. This essay explores the historic beginnings of cinema in Sydney, the experience of going to the pictures, and a broad spectrum of films. We also examine the role Sydney has played in the production and exhibition of cinema nationally and internationally.

Intro -- Half-Title Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction: Departures-Why Migrants Fail to Stay -- Chapter 1 The Australian Government Response to Migrant Departures, 1947-1973 -- Chapter 2 Hopscotch Australia: Displaced Persons Taking the Long Way Around to the Rest of the World -- Chapter 3 Far Right Security Risks? Deportations and Extradition Requests of Displaced Persons, 1947-1952 -- Chapter 4 Repatriation of Postwar Migrants from Australia to the Soviet Union: The Australian View -- Chapter 5 Repatriation from Australia of Postwar Russian Migrants: The Soviet Perspective -- Chapter 6 Understanding British Return Migration: The Australian Department of Immigration, British Youth Cultures, and the Failed Promotional Tour of Australia in 1960 -- Chapter 7 "Und ich dreh' mich nochmal um" (Hildegaard Kneff ): George Dreyfus, Germany, and the Revol ving Door of Return -- Chapter 8 Greek Departures: Ships, Stowaways, and the Politics of Returns -- Chapter 9 "Starting Fresh, Again and Again": Family Experiences of Multiple Migrations to and from Australia -- Chapter 10 Staying or Departing: Displaced Youth in Australia -- Chapter 11 Departure by Diplomacy: A History of Refugee Resettlement Offers between Australia and the United States -- Chapter 12 Moving On: When Migrants Depart, and Why it Matters -- Index -- Copyright.