Refugee Boy

• Author : Benjamin Zephaniah,Lemn Sissay
• Publisher : A&C Black
• Release : 04 May 2013

A story about arriving, belonging and finding home. As a violent civil war rages back home, teenaged Alem and his father are in a B&B in Berkshire. It's his best holiday ever. The next morning his father is gone. He's left a note explaining that his parents want to protect Alem from the war. This strange grey country is now his home. On his own, and in the hands of the social services and the Refugee Council, he lives

• Author : Karen Musalo,Jennifer Moore,Richard Boswell,Annie Daher
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 August 2018

• Author : Ali Smith,Marina Lewycka,Patience Agbabi,Jade Amoli-Jackson,Chris Cleave,Stephen Collis,Inua Ellams,Abdulrazak Gurnah,David Herd,Avaes Mohammed,Hubert Moore,Dragan Todorovic,Carol Watts,Michael Zand
• Publisher : Comma Press
• Release : 31 May 2016

Two unaccompanied children travel across the Mediterranean in an overcrowded boat that has been designed to only make it halfway across… A 63-year-old man is woken one morning by border officers ‘acting on a tip-off’ and, despite having paid taxes for 28 years, is suddenly cast into the detention system with no obvious means of escape… An orphan whose entire life has been spent in slavery – first on a Ghanaian farm, then as a victim of trafficking – writes to the Home

• Author : Peter Gatrell,Professor of Economic History Peter Gatrell
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 01 July 2015

The Making of the Modern Refugee is a comprehensive history of global population displacement in the twentieth century. It takes a new approach to the subject, exploring its causes, consequences, and meanings. History, the author shows, provides important clues to understanding how the idea of refugees as a 'problem' embedded itself in the minds of policy-makers and the public, and poses a series of fundamental questions about the nature of enforced migration and how it has shaped society throughout the

• Author : Jane Freedman,Zeynep Kivilcim,Nurcan Özgür Baklacıoğlu
• Publisher : Taylor & Francis
• Release : 24 February 2017

The refugee crisis that began in 2015 has seen thousands of refugees attempting to reach Europe, principally from Syria. The dangers and difficulties of this journey have been highlighted in the media, as have the political disagreements within Europe over the way to deal with the problem. However, despite the increasing number of women making this journey, there has been little or no analysis of women’s experiences or of the particular difficulties and dangers they may face. A Gendered Approach

• Author : V. Suryanarayan
• Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
• Release : 01 January 2019

Nine years have passed since the ethnic conflict ended in Sri Lanka. The hope that Sri Lankan refugees would return to the island has been belied. This book highlights the dilemma faced by the Sri Lankan Tamil refugees in the context of the twists and turns in Indo-Sri Lanka relations. The global refugee phenomenon and the Indian experience, the movement of Sri Lankan refugees to different parts of the world, the rise and fall of the Tamil Tigers and the

• Author : Corinne Lewis
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 24 June 2021

This book considers the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' contribution to international refugee law since the establishment of UNHCR by the United Nations General Assembly in 1951. The book explores the historical and statutory foundations that create an indelible link between UNHCR and international refugee law. This book charts the significant evolution that has occurred in the organisation's role throughout the last sixty years, looking at both the formal means by which UNHCR's mandate may be modified, and the techniques

• Author : Margit Feischmidt,Ludger Pries,Celine Cantat
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 29 September 2018

This volume analyses civil society as an important factor in the European refugee regime. Based on empirical research, the chapters explore different aspects, structures and forms of civil society engagement during and after 2015. Various institutional, collective and individual activities are examined in order to better understand the related processes of refugees’ movements, reception and integration. Several chapters also explore the historical development of the relationship between a range of actors involved in solidarity movements and care relationships with refugees across

• Author : Susan Kneebone,Dallal Stevens,Loretta Baldassar
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 27 June 2014

Sixty years on from the signing of the Refugee Convention, forced migration and refugee movements continue to raise global concerns for hosting states and regions, for countries of origin, for humanitarian organisations on the ground, and, of course, for the refugee. This edited volume is framed around two themes which go to the core of contemporary ‘refugeehood’: protection and identity. It analyses how the issue of refugee identity is shaped by and responds to the legal regime of refugee protection

• Author : Donatella della Porta
• Publisher : Springer
• Release : 21 February 2018

This edited collection introduces conceptual innovations that critically engage with understanding refugee movements as part of the broader category of ‘poor people’s movements’. The empirical focus of the work lies on the protest events related to the so-called ‘long summer of migration’ of 2015. It traces the route followed by the migrants from the places of first arrival to the places of passage and on to the places of destination. Through qualitative and quantitative data, the authors map, within a

• Author : Alexander Betts,Associate Professor Department of International Development Alexander Betts,Gil Loescher,Professor of International Relations Department of Government and International Studies Gil Loescher,James Milner
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 18 August 2008

This is a concise and comprehensive introduction to both the world of refugees and the UN organization that protects and assists them. Written by experts in the field, this is one of the very few books that trace the relationship between state interests, global politics, and the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR). Looking ahead into the twenty-first century, the authors outline how the changing nature of conflict and displacement poses UNHCR with a new array

• Author : Susan Forbes Martin,United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service,Service Liaison Non-Governmental UN JUNIC (NGLS) Staff
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 24 June 1992

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 24 June 1985

• Author : Mary Crock
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 24 June 1998

Text providing an account of the laws and policies governing immigration and refugee law in Australia. Examines the sources of immigration and refugee law and looks at the relationship between immigration and Australia's perceived social and economic needs. Discusses topics such as the visa system, the legal status of the refugee in Australia, nature of immigration control, the role of tribunals in reviewing the merits of migration decisions and role of the courts in judicial review of both Departmental and

• Author : Karen Musalo,Jennifer Moore,Richard A. Boswell
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 01 January 2011

The fourth edition of Refugee Law and Policy, which includes all legal developments through mid-2010, provides a thoughtful scholarly analysis of refugee law, and related protections such as those available under the Convention against Torture. The book is rooted in an international law perspective, enhanced by a comparative approach. Starting with ancient precursors to asylum, the casebook portrays refugee law as dynamic across time and cultural contexts. This edition of the casebook has incorporated substantial new materials on the cutting