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Coupling existential themes with politics and psychology, Political Refugees: A New Perspective tells the story of Iranian political refugees through case studies and coauthor Armin Danesh's own personal narrative. All the refugees featured in this book were politically engaged and suffered as a consequence, but their stories demonstrate the human capacity to be transformed through crisis.

This article describes the human and socioeconomic aspects of the political refugee problem before and after World War II, and explains the facts which caused the flows of forced migrations throughout the world.

The article examines the recent immigration of Haitians to the United States and their claims for political asylum. Pointing to the present political situation in Haiti, the author takes issue with the United States Government's official position that these aliens are merely economic escapees, rather than refugees entitled by international agreement to political asylum. In analyzing the Haitian experience, the author also deals with the problems associated with deportation proceedings and the alien's right to counsel, employment authorization for aliens, and fraudulent marriages. While these latter problems may not be unique to Haitian immigrants, they have become particularly salient in light of the Government's contention that these aliens are economic escapees.