Refugee and Humanitarian Admissions

Refugee and Humanitarian Admissions
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Total Pages : 662
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ISBN-10 : MINN:31951D03923729X
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Synopsis Refugee and Humanitarian Admissions by : U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform

U.S. Immigration Policy

U.S. Immigration Policy
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Publisher : Council on Foreign Relations
Total Pages : 165
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ISBN-10 : 9780876094211
ISBN-13 : 0876094213
Rating : 4/5 (11 Downloads)

Synopsis U.S. Immigration Policy by : Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy

Few issues on the American political agenda are more complex or divisive than immigration. There is no shortage of problems with current policies and practices, from the difficulties and delays that confront many legal immigrants to the large number of illegal immigrants living in the country. Moreover, few issues touch as many areas of U.S. domestic life and foreign policy. Immigration is a matter of homeland security and international competitiveness, as well as a deeply human issue central to the lives of millions of individuals and families. It cuts to the heart of questions of citizenship and American identity and plays a large role in shaping both America's reality and its image in the world. Immigration's emergence as a foreign policy issue coincides with the increasing reach of globalization. Not only must countries today compete to attract and retain talented people from around the world, but the view of the United States as a place of unparalleled openness and opportunity is also crucial to the maintenance of American leadership. There is a consensus that current policy is not serving the United States well on any of these fronts. Yet agreement on reform has proved elusive. The goal of the Independent Task Force on U.S. Immigration Policy was to examine this complex issue and craft a nuanced strategy for reforming immigration policies and practices.

Refugee Resettlement

Refugee Resettlement
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Publisher : Berghahn Books
Total Pages : 330
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ISBN-10 : 1785339443
ISBN-13 : 9781785339448
Rating : 4/5 (43 Downloads)

Synopsis Refugee Resettlement by : Adèle Garnier

Examining resettlement practices worldwide and drawing on contributions from anthropology, law, international relations, social work, political science, and numerous other disciplines, this ground-breaking volume highlights the conflicts between refugees’ needs and state practices, and assesses international, regional and national perspectives on resettlement, as well as the bureaucracies and ideologies involved. It offers a detailed understanding of resettlement, from the selection of refugees to their long-term integration in resettling states, and highlights the relevance of a lifespan approach to resettlement analysis.

Humanitarian Admission to Europe

Humanitarian Admission to Europe
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Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft
Total Pages : 371
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ISBN-10 : 3848757303
ISBN-13 : 9783848757305
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Humanitarian Admission to Europe by : Marie-Claire Foblets

A Right to Flee

A Right to Flee
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 313
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ISBN-10 : 9781107076259
ISBN-13 : 1107076250
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis A Right to Flee by : Phil Orchard

This book examines the origins and evolution of refugee protection over the past four centuries.

Managing the Undesirables

Managing the Undesirables
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Publisher : Polity
Total Pages : 287
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ISBN-10 : 9780745649016
ISBN-13 : 0745649017
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Managing the Undesirables by : Michel Agier

Official figures classify some fifty million of the world’s people as 'victims of forced displacement'. Refugees, asylum seekers, disaster victims, the internally displaced and the temporarily tolerated - categories of the excluded proliferate, but many more are left out of count. In the face of this tragedy, humanitarian action increasingly seems the only possible response. On the ground, however, the 'facilities' put in place are more reminiscent of the logic of totalitarianism. In a situation of permanent catastrophe and endless emergency, 'undesirables' are kept apart and out of sight, while the care dispensed is designed to control, filter and confine. How should we interpret the disturbing symbiosis between the hand that cares and the hand that strikes? After seven years of study in the refugee camps, Michel Agier reveals their 'disquieting ambiguity' and stresses the imperative need to take into account forms of improvisation and challenge that are currently transforming the camps, sometimes making them into towns and heralding the emergence of political subjects. A radical critique of the foundations, contexts, and political effects of humanitarian action.

Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa

Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9781317669814
ISBN-13 : 1317669819
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa by : Cristiano d'Orsi

It is not often acknowledged that the great majority of African refugee movement happens within Africa rather than from Africa to the West. This book examines the specific characteristics and challenges of the refugee situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering a new and critical vision on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in the African continent. Cristiano d’Orsi considers the international, regional and domestic legal and institutional frameworks linked to refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa, and explores the contributions African refugee protection has brought to the cause on a global scale. Key issues covered in the book include the theory and the practice of non-refoulement, an analysis of the phenomenon of mass-influx, the concept of burden-sharing, and the role of freedom fighters. The book goes on to examine the expulsions of refugees and the historical role played by UNHCR in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a work which follows the persecution and legal challenges of those in search of a safe haven, this book will be of great interest and use to researchers and students of immigration and asylum law, international law, human rights, and African studies.

Immigrant and Refugee Families

Immigrant and Refugee Families
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Total Pages : 215
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1113941505
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Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Immigrant and Refugee Families by : Jaime Ballard

"Immigrant and Refugee Families: Global Perspectives on Displacement and Resettlement Experiences uses a family systems lens to discuss challenges and strengths of immigrant and refugee families in the United States. Chapters address immigration policy, human rights issues, economic stress, mental health and traumatic stress, domestic violence, substance abuse, family resilience, and methods of integration."--Open Textbook Library.

The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law

The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 1337
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ISBN-10 : 9780198848639
ISBN-13 : 0198848633
Rating : 4/5 (39 Downloads)

Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law by : Cathryn Costello

This Handbook draws together leading and emerging scholars to provide a comprehensive critical analysis of international refugee law. This book provides an account as well as a critique of the status quo, setting the agenda for future research in the field.

The Arc of Protection

The Arc of Protection
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Publisher : Stanford University Press
Total Pages : 129
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ISBN-10 : 9781503611429
ISBN-13 : 1503611426
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis The Arc of Protection by : T. Alexander Aleinikoff

The international refugee regime is fundamentally broken. Designed in the wake of World War II to provide protection and assistance, the system is unable to address the record numbers of persons displaced by conflict and violence today. States have put up fences and adopted policies to deny, deter, and detain asylum seekers. People recognized as refugees are routinely denied rights guaranteed by international law. The results are dismal for the millions of refugees around the world who are left with slender prospects to rebuild their lives or contribute to host communities. T. Alexander Aleinikoff and Leah Zamore lay bare the underlying global crisis of responsibility. The Arc of Protection adopts a revisionist and critical perspective that examines the original premises of the international refugee regime. Aleinikoff and Zamore identify compromises at the founding of the system that attempted to balance humanitarian ideals and sovereign control of their borders by states. This book offers a way out of the current international morass through refocusing on responsibility-sharing, seeing the humanitarian-development divide in a new light, and putting refugee rights front and center.