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Intro -- title page -- copyright page -- 1. What Is a Refugee? -- 2. What Causes Refugees? -- 3. Who Helps Refugees? -- 4. What Happens to Refugees? -- 5. Problems that Refugees Face -- Appendix -- Organizations to Contact -- Series Glossary -- Further Reading -- Internet Resources -- Index -- Untitled -- Blank Page.

Shifting Grounds of Asylum in Canadian Public Discourse and Policy / Johanna Reynolds and Jennifer Hyndman -- Untangling the Strands of Memory: Historicizing the 1914 Komagata Maru Incident and the Concept of Refugeeness / Alia Somani -- Erasing Exclusion: Adrienne Clarkson and the Promise of the Refugee Experience / Laura Madokoro -- Petitions and Protest: Refugees and the Haunting of Canadian Citizenship / Peter Nyers -- Where Are We From? Decolonizing Indigenous and Refugee Relations / Jennifer Adese and Malissa Phung -- Queer and Trans Migrants, Colonial Logics, and the Politics of Refusal / Edward Ou Jin Lee -- Producing the Figure of the "Super-Refugee" through Discourses of Success, Exceptionalism, Ableism, and Inspiration / Gada Mahrouse -- Cross-Racial Refugee Fiction: Dionne Brand's What We All Long For / Donald Goellnicht.

Exploring "refuge" and "refugee" as concepts that shape Canadian nation-building both within and beyond national borders, Refugee States takes an interdisciplinary and critical approach to describing how refugees articulate their relation to and defiance of official discourses. Through close examinations of refugee movements, contexts, and subjectivities, this collection reveals how Canada has relied upon the rejection and inclusion of refugees as a crucial means of statecraft. Bringing together renowned and emerging scholars from multiple disciplines, Nguyen and Phu illuminate the historical, political, and cultural conditions that produce refugees as well as the narrative of humanitarian benevolence that persists nationally and internationally. Highlighting landmark cases, the editors and contributors together develop critical refugee studies as a framework for understanding, nuancing, and critiquing the production of Canadian humanitarian exceptionalism - the international image and discourse of Canada as a liberal, tolerant, and welcoming haven for people fleeing oppression, persecution, and unfreedom. In doing so, Refugee States offers alternative modes of understanding past and present refugee passages to and within Canada, and brings to light the many ways in which refugee subjects navigate displacement, migration, and resettlement

Refugees are a hot topic in the news and politics. Young readers may not fully comprehend what it means to be a refugee, the complicated systems they must use to enter new countries legally, and the challenges they face adjusting to different cultures. This book presents these topics with easy-to-understand text and captivating photographs. Your readers will experience an in-depth look at what life is like as a refugee. They'll learn why people flee their home countries and about the dangers faced on this journey. How refugees can shape and contribute in a positive way to the new countries they call home is demonstrated.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Last, First, Middle -- Common Story -- Flesh and Sand -- Perspective and What Gets Lost -- How Succulent Food Defeated Trump's Wall Before It Has Been Built -- Guests of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa -- The Parent Who Stays -- To Walk in Their Shoes -- God's Fate -- Second Country -- 13 Ways of Being an Immigrant -- Refugees and Exiles -- This Is What the Journey Does -- The Ungrateful Refugee -- A Refugee Again -- New Lands, New Selves -- Refugee Children: The Yang Warriors -- List of Contributors

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Acronyms -- Maps -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Context -- 1. Refugeehood in Africa -- 2. Refugee Studies -- 3. African Refugee Studies -- 4. Human Rights Instruments on African Refugees -- 5. States and Policy Frameworks -- Part II: Making Refugees -- 6. Colonialism and the Making of Refugees in Africa -- 7. Postcolonial Politics, Wars, and African Refugee Problems -- 8. Internal Displacement in Africa -- Part III: Displaced Lives -- 9. Refugee Camps and Settlements in Africa -- 10. Urban Refugees -- 11. African Refugee Women: Gendering Policy and Protection -- 12. African Refugee Youth -- 13. Hope in Displacement: Refugees and Cultures of Creativity -- Part IV: Protection and Solutions -- 14. Refugee Protection and Management -- 15. Durable Solutions and the Crisis of Development -- 16. Home, Return, and Postrelocation -- Part V: Conclusion -- 17. Citizenship, Rights, and Development -- 18. The Future: Ending Africa's Refugee Crisis -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

This study explores the consequences of the theory of necessity for the interpretation of key concepts of refugee law and concludes that a generous refugee practice can be conceived and logically justified even if a restrictive immigration policy is a political reality

The word 'refugee' is both evocative and contested; it means different things to different people. For lawyers, the main legal reference point is the UN Refugee Convention of 1951. This concise and engaging book follows the structure of the Convention to explore international refugee law. Including an introduction to the historical and legal context, Colin Yeo draws on his experience as an immigration barrister to explain the present-day legal framework for global refugee protection. Chapters consider: • well-founded fear; • persecution; • the loss of refugee status and exclusion; • the rights of refugees; • and state responses to refugee claims. The book includes studies of key legal cases, reviews the successes and failures of the Convention and looks ahead to the future, including the impact of climate change and the Global Compact on Refugees. Communicating important legal concepts in an approachable way, this is an essential guide for students, lawyers and non-specialists

The twentieth century has seen people displaced on an unprecedented scale and has brought concerns about refugees into sharp focus. There are forty million refugees in the world--1 in 130 inhabitants of this planet. In this first interdisciplinary study of the issue, fifteen scholars from diverse fields focus on the worldwide disruption of "trust" as a sentiment, a concept, and an experience. Contributors provide a rich array of essays that maintain a delicate balance between providing specific details of the refugee experience and exploring corresponding theories of trust and mistrust. Their subjects range widely across the globe, and include Palestinians, Cambodians, Tamils, and Mayan Indians of Guatemala. By examining what individuals experience when removed from their own culture, these essays reflect on individual identity and culture as a whole.

It is generally accepted by the community that nations have obligations to protect refugees. The origins of the legal and moral obligations towards refugees is beyond the scope of this paper. It suffices to point out that helping refugees is a valance issue. Like promoting peace and cleaning up the environment, helping refugees has primarily advocates. However, there is frequent and at times bitter disagreement as to how one should approach this issue in practice. Among the most disputed issues are (1) hammering out a definition of a 'refugee', (2) determining who defines and implements this definition, (3) halting the flow of refugees, and (4) creating an international regime to effectively deal with refugees. The purpose of this paper is to present and discuss various definitions of what is a refugee as a precondition of both, political analysis and political action. The controversy of defining a refugee is deeply entangled with the sovereignty of individual nations. The paper concludes by offering an alternative perspective for analyzing the current international refugee crisis.

"This book explores the ambit of the notion of persecution in international law and its relevance in the current geopolitical context, more specifically for refugee women. The work analyses different models for interpreting the notion of persecution in international refugee law through a comparative lens. In particular, a feminist approach to refugee law is adopted to determine to what extent the notion of persecution can apply to gender related forms of violence and what are the challenges in doing so. It proposes an interpretive model that would encourage decision makers to interpret the notion of persecution in a manner that is sufficiently protective and relevant to the profiles of refugees in the 21st century"--

Offering a global history of India's refugee regime, Making Refugees in India explores how one of the first postcolonial states during the mid-twentieth century wave of decolonisation rewrote global practices surrounding refugees - signified by India's refusal to sign the 1951 UN Refugee Convention.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Forward -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Migrants and Refugees Around the World -- 1: Where Migrants Are Moving and Why -- 2: A Hard Life for Refugee Families -- 3: Children in Danger Should Not Be Turned Away -- 4: Female Refugees at Risk -- 5: Living in a War Zone May Be Better Than Refugee Life -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 2: Whose Responsibility Are Migrantsand Refugees? -- 1: Refugee Crisis Causes Strife and Disagreement in Europe -- 2: Christians Should Support Opening Borders to More Refugees -- 3: The US Must Help Fix the Crisis It Caused -- 4: No Easy Answers -- 5: Find Work for Refugees -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 3: The Benefits and Dangers of Immigration -- 1: More Immigration Will Be Good for the US Economy -- 2: Refugees Will Benefit Germany, If They Have Support -- 3: Refugees Need Work Opportunities -- 4: Immigrants Bring Economic Benefits but Security Risks -- 5: Stop the Muslim Migrants -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 4: Responses to Migration -- 1: Europe's Successes and Failures in Handling the Refugee Crisis -- 2: EU-Turkey Agreement Could Fail Legally and Logistically -- 3: Hungary Violates Human Rights in Its Treatment of Refugees -- 4: Get Rid of Refugee Camps -- 5: Aid Organizations Waste Money -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- Chapter 5: Better Solutions for Addressing Migrant and Refugee Crises -- 1: Every Country Needs Unique Solutions -- 2: These Solutions Will Fix the Refugee Crisis in Europe -- 3: Send Development Aid, Not Weapons -- 4: Technology Provides Answers -- 5: Long-Term Solutions Mean Sharing the Burden -- 6: Giving Cash Provides the Best Value -- Periodical and Internet Sources Bibliography -- For Further Discussion -- Organizations to Contact.