Migration, immigration and emigration Books

Book SynopsisCurrently, adaptation policy for climate change prioritises economic and technological dimensions of governance and action. Now, Elaine Kelly brings continental theory into the conversation to explore the ethical dilemmas stemming from emerging global political crises of migration, displacement and communal relocation related to climate change.

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Book SynopsisIn this the first English-language book to reflect on his work and its implications for creativity in the diasporic conditions of urban displacement a range of international scholars provide a comprehensive account of Shahid Saless's films and production methods.

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Book SynopsisAnalyses how migrants are portrayed in film from different viewpoints.

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Book SynopsisKathryn Cronin is a barrister at Garden Court Chambers, a former academic and law commissioner, highly ranked in respect of her extensive experience in case and advisory practice in immigration and international family law.Jemma Dally is a partner and co-owner of Goodman Ray and is the firm's Head of International Family Law. She is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in Adoption and Private Law and ranked by Chambers and Partners for her practice in adoption and surrogacy.Claudia Neale is the legal researcher at Garden Court Chambers and previously practised as a barrister, specialising in immigration and asylum law. She has co-authored several legal texts on immigration law, and has worked extensively with Albanian asylum-seeking children and young people.

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Book SynopsisShortlisted for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas PrizeShortlisted for a 2021 James Tait Black AwardShortlisted for the PEN/Robert W Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection 2021'Sardonic, monstrous, tender' Sunday Times'Startling . . . profound' Daily MailIn Alligator and Other Stories, Dima Alzayat captures luminously how it feels to be ‘other’: as a Syrian, as an Arab, as an immigrant, as a woman. Each one of the nine stories collected here is a snapshot of those moments when unusual circumstances suddenly distinguish us from our neighbours, when our difference is thrown into relief.Here are ‘dangerous’ women transgressing, missing children in 1970s New York, a family who were once Syrian but have now lost their name, and a young woman about to discover the hollowness of the American dream. At its centre lies ‘Alligator’: a remarkable compilation of real and invented sources, which rescues from history the story of a Syrian American couple who were murdered at the hands of the state.Alzayat explores experiences that are startling and real, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after reading.

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Book Synopsis'A beautifully crafted book from a wonderful storyteller. It sings with humanity.' Sarah WinmanAUSTRALIAN INDIE BOOK AWARD WINNER 2020 BOOK OF THE YEAR & FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE STELLA PRIZE 2020PRAGUE, 1938: Eva flies down the street. A man steps out suddenly.Eva runs into him, hits the pavement hard. His hat is in the gutter.His anger slaps Eva, but his hate will change everything,as war forces so many lives into small brown suitcases.PRAGUE, 1980: No one sees Ludek. A young boy can slip right underthe heavy blanket that covers this city - the fear cannot touch him.Ludek is free. And he sees everything. The world can do what it likes.The world can go to hell for all he cares because Babi is waitingfor him in the warm flat. She is his whole world.MELBOURNE, 1980: Mala Liska's grandma holds her hand as they climbthe stairs to their third floor flat. Inside, the smell of warm pipetobacco and homemade cakes. Here, Mana and Bill have made alife for themselves and their granddaughter. A life imbued withthe spirit of Prague and the loved ones left behind.Because there is still love. No matter what.Trade ReviewMeticulously observed and masterfully crafted * Books and Publishing *A beautifully crafted book from a wonderful storyteller. It sings with humanity. * Sarah Winman, author of Tin Man *Beautifully layered and complex * Canberra Times *Breathtaking, poignant, hauntingly beautiful * Rachel Joyce on When the Night Comes *If you only read one book this year, make sure it's this. * The Sunday Times on Past the Shallows *

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Book Synopsis'An evocative mix of history, food and storytelling.' EVENING STANDARD BEST FICTION 2021'a heart-warming, heart-breaking story of love, life, family and, of course, baking.' RUTH HOGANCyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s... the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island's inhabitants make the best they can of their lives, building friendships, falling in love, having children, watching people die, making mistakes.Maria Petrakis, however, flees a brutal marriage on the island where she has always lived for London and a new start. She opens a bakery on Green Lanes in Harringay - the centre of the small Greek Cypriot community whose residents have settled there to escape the war and start again. Here she comes into her own as she heals and atones through the kneading of bread and the selling of shamali cakes and cinnamon pastries to her customers.There are glimpses of the lives of her neighbours, friends and customers as they buy their bread and cakes. There's Mrs Koutsouli, whose heart was broken when her handsome son married a xeni, an English woman with fish-eyes and yellow hair. There's Mrs Pantelis, driven half-mad with the grief of losing her son, Nico, in the war. And there's Mrs Vasili who claims to be related to Nana Mouskouri and grows her hair upwards so she can feel closer to God. Finally, there's Elena, Maria Petrakis' daughter-in-law, who has been suffering with the blackness since having a baby, and whom nobody knows quite how to help.The Making Of Mrs Petrakis is a story about the limited choices women sometimes find themselves confronting. It's a story about repression and mental illness and the devastation it can wreak on lives. But above all, it is a story of motherhood and love and of healing through the humble act of baking.Trade ReviewThe Making of Mrs Petrakis is a heart-warming, heart-breaking story of love, life, family and, of course, baking. Mary Karras is a fresh and exciting new voice in fiction and her prose is every bit as delicious as the mouth-watering pastries sold in Mrs Petrakis' renowned bakery. * Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS *This is a charming story about the power of baking and community that can't help but raise your spirits and make you very hungry for a pastry or two! * Yours, Editors Pick *An evocative mix of history, food and storytelling. * Evening Standard *

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Book Synopsis'An evocative mix of history, food and storytelling.' EVENING STANDARD BEST FICTION 2021'a heart-warming, heart-breaking story of love, life, family and, of course, baking.' RUTH HOGANCyprus in the run up to the civil war of the 1970s... the threat of it hangs in the atmosphere like a fine mist. A terrible thing, war. Against this backdrop of war and violence, the island's inhabitants make the best they can of their lives, building friendships, falling in love, having children, watching people die, making mistakes.Maria Petrakis, however, flees a brutal marriage on the island where she has always lived for London and a new start. She opens a bakery on Green Lanes in Harringay - the centre of the small Greek Cypriot community whose residents have settled there to escape the war and start again. Here she comes into her own as she heals and atones through the kneading of bread and the selling of shamali cakes and cinnamon pastries to her customers.There are glimpses of the lives of her neighbours, friends and customers as they buy their bread and cakes. There's Mrs Koutsouli, whose heart was broken when her handsome son married a xeni, an English woman with fish-eyes and yellow hair. There's Mrs Pantelis, driven half-mad with the grief of losing her son, Nico, in the war. And there's Mrs Vasili who claims to be related to Nana Mouskouri and grows her hair upwards so she can feel closer to God. Finally, there's Elena, Maria Petrakis' daughter-in-law, who has been suffering with the blackness since having a baby, and whom nobody knows quite how to help.The Making Of Mrs Petrakis is a story about the limited choices women sometimes find themselves confronting. It's a story about repression and mental illness and the devastation it can wreak on lives. But above all, it is a story of motherhood and love and of healing through the humble act of baking.Trade ReviewThe Making of Mrs Petrakis is a heart-warming, heart-breaking story of love, life, family and, of course, baking. Mary Karras is a fresh and exciting new voice in fiction and her prose is every bit as delicious as the mouth-watering pastries sold in Mrs Petrakis' renowned bakery. * Ruth Hogan, author of THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS *This is a charming story about the power of baking and community that can't help but raise your spirits and make you very hungry for a pastry or two! * Yours, Editors Pick *An evocative mix of history, food and storytelling. * Evening Standard *

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Book SynopsisArt meets today’s political debate over immigration in this beautifully illustrated exploration of Nicario Jiménez Quispe’s retablos. This beautifully illustrated full-color book offers a unique depiction of the current immigration debate through the lens of renowned Peruvian artist Nicario Jiménez Quispe, a recent immigrant to the United States. An internationally recognized maker of retablos, Jiménez has begun creating work that powerfully encapsulates the struggles, possibilities, and tragedies of immigration from the Global South to North America. A decorative box with figures in the interior, a retablo traditionally was used to pay homage to certain saints in Peru. In Spain, they were used as portable altars for itinerant priests who carried them to perform mass in remote areas. In the Andes, the retablo became a sort of magical-religious box designed to increase fertility among animals that served as a means of exchange in a cash-free, rural environment. The authors, leading historians of Latin America, contextualize Jiménez’s compelling art, to offer creative new insights on the bitter immigration disputes that are dividing our nation.Trade ReviewThe authors of this insightful book offer an original entry into the current immigration debate through the eyes and work of the renowned Peruvian artist/sculptor Nicario Jiménez Quispe. The images of Jiménez’s retablos offer an innovative way of capturing the suffering of the displaced. This book is an inimitable contribution to the debate. -- Frank O. Mora, Florida International UniversityThe Peruvian-born artist Nicario Jiménez is internationally recognized for his extraordinary, highly detailed retablos that address personal, traditional, religious, social, historical, and political events. This volume celebrates the art form by focusing on Jiménez’s immigration retablos; from the harrowing scenes along the Mexican-US border to an emphasis on the accomplishments of immigrants once settled in the United States. Jiménez’s art reminds viewers of the humanity of the demonized individuals escaping violence back home in hopes of securing a better future for themselves and their families. -- Marina Pacini, Chief Curator of the Memphis Brooks Museum of ArtThe authors of this compelling work use Nicario Jiménez’s art as visual testimonies of migration policies in the Trump era. Jiménez himself has been in continuous movement, locating himself in Ayacucho, Lima, and the rest of the world. Through his retablos, he vividly portrays what migration, uprooting, and displacement mean to the person who leaves and arrives to a new place of residency—he shows the violence conveyed, the lived experiences, the hope. -- María Eugenia Ulfe, Pontificia Universidad Católica del PerúTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword: Continuity and Change in a Traditional Art Form, by Annette B. Fromm ix 1 By Way of Introduction 2 The Retablo: Testimony, Tradition, and the Case for Fine Art in Popular Culture 3 A Corporal and Artistic Migration: The Peruvian Years 4 Art Questions Politics: An American Challenge 5 Promise and Hope: The Other Side of Immigration Conclusion: Beyond the Wall Selected Bibliography Index About the Authors

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Book SynopsisDavid R. Roediger has been in the vanguard of the study of race and labor in American history for decades. He first came to prominence as the author of The Wages of Whiteness, a classic study of racism in the development of a white working class in nineteenth-century America. In Working Toward Whiteness, Roediger continues that history into the twentieth century. He recounts how ethnic groups considered white today-including Jewish-, Italian-, and Polish-Americans-were once viewed as undesirables by the WASP establishment in the United States. They eventually became part of white America, through the nascent labor movement, New Deal reforms, and a rise in home-buying. Once assimilated as fully white, many of them adopted the racism of those whites who formerly looked down on them as inferior. From ethnic slurs to racially restrictive covenants-the real estate agreements that ensured all-white neighborhoods-Roediger explores the mechanisms by which immigrants came to enjoy the privileges of being white in America. A disturbing, necessary, masterful history, Working Toward Whiteness uses the past to illuminate the present. In an Introduction to the 2018 edition, Roediger considers the resonance of the book in the age of Trump, showing how Working Toward Whiteness remains as relevant as ever even though most migrants today are not from Europe.

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Book SynopsisStarting around 70 years ago, white flight out of America's major cities caused rapid urban decline. Now we are witnessing a resurgence of American urbanism said to be the result of white people's return. But this account entirely passes over the stable immigrant communities who arrived and never left: as whites fled for the suburbs and exurbs in increasing numbers, Latin Americans immigrated to urban centres in even greater numbers. Barrio America charts the vibrant revival of American cities in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, arguing that we should attribute this revival to the influx of Latin American immigrants -- both legal and not.An award-winning historian and son of immigrants, Andrew Sandoval-Strausz recounts this untold history by focusing on the largest immigrant barrios in two of the nation's largest cities: Chicago's Little Village and Dallas's Oak Cliff. These neighbourhoods were once classic examples of urban crisis: they reached their peak prosperity around 1950, afterwards losing residents, jobs, and opportunity, which destabilised urban public order. But after 1965, when Lyndon Johnson overturned the restrictive 1924 immigration law and a major agricultural crisis was convulsing Mexico, these neighbourhoods saw a record number of incoming Latin Americans. The nation's urban barrios are regularly portrayed as decaying districts plagued by crime and disorder, but in reality, over the past several decades, areas with growing immigrant populations have become some of the most dynamic, stable, and safe neighbourhoods in their cities. The new immigrants brought with them three distinctive cultural traditions -- penchants for public spaces, walking, and small entrepreneurship -- that have changed the American city for the better.Drawing on dozens of oral histories with migrantes themselves, Sandoval-Strausz places immigrant voices at the centre of the narrative, emphasising the choices of Latin American newcomers, the motivations that brought them to the United States, and the hopes that lay before them, their families, and their communities. Barrio America demonstrates how migrants have used their labour, their capital, and their culture to build a new metropolitan America.

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Book SynopsisEarly-nineteenth-century America experienced the first "wave" of immigration after Independence, when Germans, Irish, English, Scandinavians, and, on the West Coast, even Chinese began to arrive in significant numbers. These new settlers had a profound impact on such national developments as westward expansion, urban growth, industrialization, city and national politics, and the Civil War. James M. Bergquist's chronicle of the early immigrants' experiences describes where they came from, what their journey to America was like, and where they entered the new nation, and where they eventually settled. He highlights immigrant contributions to American life as well as their struggles to gain wider acceptance by the mainstream culture. The approach, similar to David Kyvig's highly successful Daily Life in the United States, 1920–1940 (published by Ivan R. Dee in 2004), presents history with an appealing immediacy, on a level that everyone can understand.Trade ReviewDaily Life in Immigrant America, 1820–1870 examines the crucial period in which mass immigration to the United States began of large numbers of persons almost exclusively from Western Europe into America. Mr. Bergquist, by explaining when so many were willing to leave home for a new land, describes in detail the gradually improving conditions of travel as an age of sail became an age of steam. In a clear exposition he shows how the immigrants, largely German and Irish, settled on Midwestern farms and eastern and Midwestern cities, from Boston and New York to St. Louis and Chicago, as well as the beginnings of organized anti-immigrant movements and the contributions of immigrants in the Civil War era. . . . It contains many features helpful to the student, including a chronology, a glossary, detailed, topically organized bibliography, and listings of videos and useful internet sites. -- Roger Daniels, University of CincinnatiIn a masterful compilation that manages to achieve both depth and breadth, James M. Bergquist gives not only the Irish, Germans, and English but also smaller groups from Europe and Asia their due. Enriched by a transatlantic perspective and enlivened by individual examples, the book offers insights into social, religious, economic, and political developments as well as the cultural clashes and eventual accommodations that ensued during America’s first era of mass immigration. -- Walter KamphoefnerBergquist provides a thorough history of the immigrant experience during the 1820–1870 period. He captures the immigrants’ tumultuous movement into American life while also offering a detailed account of major events in U.S. history during this time. This book is well worth reading for students of American immigration and ethnicity. -- Ronald BayorWith calm authority and unfaltering clarity, Bergquist has written the best history ever of his subject: immigration into the United States after its colonial settlement and before the great surge through Ellis Island. . . .The perfect history for those who want to learn more about the peopling of the US. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsChapter 1: Overview: Immigration by the Numbers, 1820–1870 Chapter 2: Leaving Home, 1820–1845 Chapter 3: Across the Atlantic and into America, 1820–1845 Chapter 4: Immigration at High Tide, 1845–1854 Chapter 5: Developing Immigrant Communities, 1820–1855 Chapter 6: Changing Immigrant Cultures, 1820–1855 Chapter 7: Political Turmoil and War, 1850–1865 Chapter 8: Into a New Era, 1865–1870 Glossary For Further Reading

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Book SynopsisEach year in the United States, 400,000 people are arrested, detained, and deported, trapped in what leading immigrant rights activist and lawyer Alina Das calls the 'deportation machine.' They are people who politicians like President Trump would have us believe are 'bad hombres.' But while we're debating border walls, travel bans, child detention, and quotas, these individuals are banished from their homes, their families, and their communities, and by a country that celebrates itself as a 'nation of immigrants.'As Das explains in her urgent book, we cannot break the pattern of the abuse and marginalization of immigrants in the U.S. until we understand fully how the system works. And in this country, that means understanding how racism and criminalization intersect to doubly punish communities of color. Das traces the history of immigration policy, showing how its evolution has always been linked to racist exclusion. Combining these systems exacerbates the flaws in both-and when 1 in 3 Americans has a criminal record, millions are caught in the crosshairs. Das weaves the history of immigration with moving narratives of those who have been caught up in the deportation machine, including Aba, a hardworking mother of four young children; Ely, a survivor of the crack epidemic in the 1980s; and Alonso, a DACA recipient. In deconstructing the 'criminal alien' narrative, No Justice in the Shadows offers an essential path forward: an inclusive immigration policy premised on human dignity, due process, and respect for all people.

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Book SynopsisA collection of essays presenting cutting-edge research on the history of Africa and Afrcan Diasporas.

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Book SynopsisA frank look at Southern Africa's continued struggle to find a meaningful democratic voice.

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Book SynopsisAn investigation into the links between modern and historical slavery in Africa.

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Book SynopsisThe Cultures of Italian Migration allows the adjective "Italian" to qualify people's movements along diverse trajectories and temporal dimensions. Discussions on migrations to and from Italy meet in that discursive space where critical concepts like "home," "identity," "subjectivity," and "otherness" eschew stereotyping. This volume demonstrates that interpretations of old migrations are necessary in order to talk about contemporary Italy. New migrations trace new non linear paths in the definition of a multicultural Italy whose roots are unmistakably present throughout the centuries. Some of these essays concentrate on topics that are historically long-term, such as emigration from Italy to the Americas and southern Pacific Ocean. Others focus on the more contemporary phenomena of immigration to Italy from other parts of the world, including Africa. This collection ultimately offers an invitation to seek out new and different modes of analyzing the migratory act.Table of ContentsChapter 1 Thinking Anew: An Introduction Chapter 2 Screening the Silent Film: Reginald Barker's The Italian and the Resurgence of American Nativism Chapter 3 Dagli Appennini alle risaie: Italian Global Soundscapes, Memory, History, and Performance in the Voice of Women Chapter 4 Voices of a Minor Empire: Migrant Women Writers in Contemporary Italy Chapter 5 Beyond Fortress Europe: Cartographies of Migrant Routes in Yousef Wakkas' Narratives Chapter 6 The Italian Ethnic Press in a Global Perspective Chapter 7 Italianization of Emigration in Canada: Or, What is the Role of the Italies Outside of Italy? Chapter 8 "Architextualizing" the Italian Immigration Experience to the U.S.: Bricklayers and Writers in John Fante's Works Chapter 9 Italiani agli antipodi: Italian Immigrant Identities in New Zealand Chapter 10 Staying Longer in Water Does Not Turn a Stick into a Crocodile: Challenges of Senegalese Migrant Culture in Italy Chapter 11 Italian Migrations and Diasporic Approaches: Historical Phenomena and Scholarly Interpretations Chapter 12 Transgressive Bodies: The New Realism of Contemporary Italian-Immigrant Literature and Film Chapter 13 Comedy and Community in Migration Literature Chapter 14 The Geographical Approach to the Study of Immigration in Italy: Space, Territory, Ethnic Landscapes Chapter 15 Unwilling Multiculturalism: The Italian Immigrant Women and the Americanization Movement Chapter 16 Migranti, Subalterni, "Theorized" e "No Cost:" Sull'uso e l'abuso delle rappresentazioni nello studio delle religioni dei migranti

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Book Synopsis"An eye-opening look at the world of global itinerant workers . . . The Great Escape is a must-read." —The New York Times Book Review The astonishing story of immigrants lured to the United States from India and trapped in forced labor—told by the visionary labor leader who engineered their escape and set them on a path to citizenship. In late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian-born community organizer, received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker in Mississippi. He was one of five hundred men trapped in squalid Gulf Coast “man camps,” surrounded by barbed wire, watched by guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid toilets, forced to eat moldy bread and frozen rice. Recruiters had promised them good jobs and green cards. The men had scraped up $20,000 each for this “opportunity” to rebuild hurricane-wrecked oil rigs, leaving their families in impossible debt. During a series of clandestine meetings, Soni and the workers devised a bold plan. In The Great Escape, Soni traces the workers’ extraordinary escape, their march on foot to Washington, DC, and their twenty-three-day hunger strike to bring attention to their cause. Along the way, ICE agents try to deport the men, company officials work to discredit them, and politicians avert their eyes. But none of this shakes the workers’ determination to win their dignity and keep their promises to their families. Weaving a deeply personal journey with a riveting tale of twenty-first-century forced labor, Soni takes us into the lives of the immigrant workers the United States increasingly relies on to rebuild after climate disasters. The Great Escape is the gripping story of one of the largest human trafficking cases in modern American history—and the workers’ heroic journey for justice.Trade Review“A miracle—immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni’s gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page.” —Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of On Fire “I've rarely read a more engrossing tale—and a more powerful reminder that in a strained and stressed world we must embrace human solidarity above all. You will not forget this book, not for a long, long time.”—Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? “Saket Soni’s American Promise is a revelation: into the underbelly of America’s broken immigration system; into the forces of globalization that move millions of people from the poor to the rich countries without regard for their welfare; into one man's epic struggle to obtain justice for the powerless. The book has the pacing and suspense of the best fiction, but is a true story, told with empathy and humor and wisdom. American Promise promises to take its place in the annals of the finest narrative writing about migration.”—Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto “An urgent book from a master storyteller. Saket hasn't just helped liberate hundreds of trafficked workers—he has also set free an equal number of magical narratives. Right till the end, this extraordinary work is as absorbing as a great novel.”—Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana: A Novel“A miracle—immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni’s gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page.”—Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of On Fire “I've rarely read a more engrossing tale—and a more powerful reminder that in a strained and stressed world we must embrace human solidarity above all. You will not forget this book, not for a long, long time.”—Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? “Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a revelation: into the underbelly of America’s broken immigration system; into the forces of globalization that move millions of people from the poor to the rich countries without regard for their welfare; into one man's epic struggle to obtain justice for the powerless. The book has the pacing and suspense of the best fiction, but is a true story, told with empathy and humor and wisdom. The Great Escape promises to take its place in the annals of the finest narrative writing about migration.”—Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto “An urgent book from a master storyteller. Saket hasn't just helped liberate hundreds of trafficked workers—he has also set free an equal number of magical narratives. Right till the end, this extraordinary work is as absorbing as a great novel.”—Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana: A Novel“One of this country’s most remarkable activists is also an extraordinary writer. From the very first moment of this world-spanning story Saket Soni has you in his grip. The Great Escape makes you feel astonishment, compassion, anger, and, at the end, something rare these days—hope.”—Adam Hochschild, New York Times bestselling author of King Leopold’s Ghost and Rebel Cinderella “Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a gripping, devastating, and powerfully written book, a must-read for anyone interested in the real world stakes of migration, corporate corruption, and federal law enforcement.”—Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, author of Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) “The Great Escape is part crime caper and part epic. Soni pulls off a page-turning marvel revealing the lengths people will go for economic dignity—and the equal lengths others will go to wring profit from hope. This is a book you will never forget.”—Lauren Markham, author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life “A miracle—immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni’s gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page.”—Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of On Fire “I've rarely read a more engrossing tale—and a more powerful reminder that in a strained and stressed world we must embrace human solidarity above all. You will not forget this book, not for a long, long time.”—Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? “Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a revelation: into the underbelly of America’s broken immigration system; into the forces of globalization that move millions of people from the poor to the rich countries without regard for their welfare; into one man's epic struggle to obtain justice for the powerless. The book has the pacing and suspense of the best fiction, but is a true story, told with empathy and humor and wisdom. The Great Escape promises to take its place in the annals of the finest narrative writing about migration.”—Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto “An urgent book from a master storyteller. Saket hasn't just helped liberate hundreds of trafficked workers—he has also set free an equal number of magical narratives. Right till the end, this extraordinary work is as absorbing as a great novel.”—Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana: A Novel“It’s paced like a thriller, written like a poem, and full of vivid characters who’d enliven any novel, but it’s the true story one of the largest modern-day trafficking incidents in recent history and how Saket Soni and his crew went after the powerful perpetrators. A story as important as it is riveting to read.”—Rebecca Solnit, author of Orwell’s Roses “One of this country’s most remarkable activists is also an extraordinary writer. From the very first moment of this world-spanning story Saket Soni has you in his grip. The Great Escape makes you feel astonishment, compassion, anger, and, at the end, something rare these days—hope.”—Adam Hochschild, New York Times bestselling author of King Leopold’s Ghost and Rebel Cinderella “Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a gripping, devastating, and powerfully written book, a must-read for anyone interested in the real world stakes of migration, corporate corruption, and federal law enforcement.”—Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, author of Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else) “The Great Escape is part crime caper and part epic. Soni pulls off a page-turning marvel revealing the lengths people will go for economic dignity—and the equal lengths others will go to wring profit from hope. This is a book you will never forget.”—Lauren Markham, author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life “A miracle—immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni’s gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page.”—Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of On Fire “I've rarely read a more engrossing tale—and a more powerful reminder that in a strained and stressed world we must embrace human solidarity above all. You will not forget this book, not for a long, long time.”—Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? “Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a revelation: into the underbelly of America’s broken immigration system; into the forces of globalization that move millions of people from the poor to the rich countries without regard for their welfare; into one man's epic struggle to obtain justice for the powerless. The book has the pacing and suspense of the best fiction, but is a true story, told with empathy and humor and wisdom. The Great Escape promises to take its place in the annals of the finest narrative writing about migration.”—Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto “An urgent book from a master storyteller. Saket hasn't just helped liberate hundreds of trafficked workers—he has also set free an equal number of magical narratives. Right till the end, this extraordinary work is as absorbing as a great novel.”—Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana: A Novel“It’s paced like a thriller, written like a poem, and full of vivid characters who’d enliven any novel, but it’s the true story one of the largest modern-day trafficking incidents in recent history and how Saket Soni and his crew went after the powerful perpetrators. A story as important as it is riveting to read.”—Rebecca Solnit, author of Orwell’s Roses“An eye-opening look at the world of global itinerant workers who spend years away from home to support their families, The Great Escape is a must-read for anyone organizing a union drive across cultural or racial lines.” —Farah Stockman, The New York Times Book Review“Beyond the research, this book stands out for its startlingly complex and intimate portraits… This book will appeal to students of U.S. immigration and civil-rights history, as well as anyone who loves a beautifully told story."—Library Journal (Starred Review)“A miracle—immensely moving, powerful, beautiful, and true. It reads like a binge-worthy thriller, told with ridiculous skill and Saket Soni’s gigantic heart pounding audibly on every page.”—Naomi Klein, New York Times bestselling author of On Fire“I've rarely read a more engrossing tale—and a more powerful reminder that in a strained and stressed world we must embrace human solidarity above all. You will not forget this book, not for a long, long time.”—Bill McKibben, New York Times bestselling author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?“Revelatory… Soni writes with empathy and conviction. This is a searing account of the harrowing road to justice.”—Publishers Weekly“A searing exposé of corporate criminality and its governmental enablers.”—Kirkus Reviews“One of this country’s most remarkable activists is also an extraordinary writer. From the very first moment of this world-spanning story Saket Soni has you in his grip. The Great Escape makes you feel astonishment, compassion, anger, and, at the end, something rare these days—hope.”—Adam Hochschild, New York Times bestselling author of King Leopold’s Ghost and Rebel Cinderella“Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a revelation: into the underbelly of America’s broken immigration system; into the forces of globalization that move millions of people from the poor to the rich countries without regard for their welfare; into one man's epic struggle to obtain justice for the powerless. The book has the pacing and suspense of the best fiction, but is a true story, told with empathy and humor and wisdom. The Great Escape promises to take its place in the annals of the finest narrative writing about migration.”—Suketu Mehta, author of This Land Is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto“Interwoven with the author's own story of visa instability, The Great Escape illuminates the lives affected by human trafficking and the complexity of U.S. immigration bureaucracy.”—Booklist“Saket Soni’s The Great Escape is a gripping, devastating, and powerfully written book, a must-read for anyone interested in the real world stakes of migration, corporate corruption, and federal law enforcement.”—Olúf?´mi O. Táíwò, author of Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (And Everything Else)“An urgent book from a master storyteller. Saket hasn't just helped liberate hundreds of trafficked workers—he has also set free an equal number of magical narratives. Right till the end, this extraordinary work is as absorbing as a great novel.”—Amitava Kumar, author of Immigrant, Montana: A Novel“The Great Escape is part crime caper and part epic. Soni pulls off a page-turning marvel revealing the lengths people will go for economic dignity—and the equal lengths others will go to wring profit from hope. This is a book you will never forget.”—Lauren Markham, author of The Far Away Brothers: Two Young Migrants and the Making of an American Life“Very intense and gripping. . . Brilliant, poetic, suspenseful, and important.”—Amazon Book Review

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Book SynopsisWe are told that love conquers all, but what happens when you don't have the right passport? With deep empathy, rigorous reporting, and the irresistible perspective of a true romantic, journalist Anna Lekas Miller tells the stories of couples around the world who must confront Kafkaesque immigration systems to be together-as she did to be with her partner.Written with suspenseful storytelling worthy of the greatest love stories, Love Across Borders takes readers across contentious frontiers around the world, from Turkey to Iraq, Syria to Greece, Mexico to the United States, to reveal the widespread prejudicial laws intent on dividing people. Lekas Miller tells her own story of meeting and falling deeply in love with Salem Rizk, in Istanbul, where they were both reporting on the Syrian War. But when Turkey started cracking down on refugees, Salem, who is Syrian, wasn't allowed to stay in the country, nor could he safely return to Syria. He was a man without a country. So Lekas Miller had to decide her next move: she has an American passport, but deep personal ties to the Middle East, and knew it was unfair that Salem couldn't travel freely the way she could. More important, she loved him.Over the next few years, as they navigated Salem's asylum claims, the United States' Muslim ban, and labyrinthine regulations in several different countries, Lekas Miller learned about-and bonded with-other people whose spouses had been deported, who found love in refugee camps, whose differing immigration statuses caused complicated power dynamics and financial hardship or threatened the wellbeing of their children. Here, offering a uniquely diverse, international, and intimate look at the global immigration crisis, she interweaves these rich, complicated love stories with a fascinating look at the history of passports (a surprisingly recent institution), the legacy of colonialism, and the discriminatory laws shaping how people move through the world every day.Ultimately, she builds a powerful, moving case for a borderless society-one where a border patrol agent can't keep anyone's love story from its happy ending.Trade Review“A heartbreaking, beautifully written, and deeply personal exploration of the bloody reality of the border regime, and defiant triumph of love.”—Molly Crabapple, author of Drawing Blood and Brothers of the Gun (with Marwan Hisham)“Anyone interested in moving beyond the headlines to see the human face of immigration will find this book about the structural inequalities of cross-border relationships timely, thoughtful, and provocative. Eye-opening reading that ably blends the personal and the universal.” —Kirkus Reviews“Love Across Borders is a powerful and unforgettable testament to the humanity and love that prevail in spite of borders. This is a book that will make you weep, rage, and fight for the change our world deserves.”—Qian Julie Wang, author of the New York Times bestseller, Beautiful Country“Anna Lekas Miller has achieved so much in this beautiful collection of love stories. Each account, including her own, is woven like a delicate tapestry, one that reveals the cruelty of borders and the resilience of the human spirit. With humor and historical context, Lekas Miller shows us that despite the inhumane divisions created by those in power, human beings will always find a way to love one another.”—Erika L. Sánchez, author of the New York Times bestseller, I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter and Crying in the Bathroom"Anna Lekas Miller's debut book is a beautiful, heartrending—and heartwarming—tour of the world through the eyes of its migrants, crossing borders or being crossed by them in their attempts to be with the ones they care for. It is a thoroughly readable book that also deepened my understanding of the world of passports and visas, border walls and armed guards in which we all live today, whether we experience it firsthand or not. It is a book about love in all its messy, imperfect realities, made all the richer by the author's willingness to be vulnerable about her own love story. And most of all, it is a book designed to change minds and hearts. What are we fighting for, after all, if not a world where love can be truly free? I'm looking forward to much more from this vibrant and necessary writer."—Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble“A welcome counterpoint to headlines of war in the Middle East, Miller tells a love story.”—The Boston Globe, a Best Book of 2023“This eye-opening account brings personal stories to the forefront of the international refugee crisis… Sometimes heartwarming, sometimes excruciating, these engrossing accounts are now documented by a woman who speaks for thousands of star-crossed lovers.”—Booklist, *starred review*"A beautiful, heartrending—and heartwarming—tour of the world through the eyes of its migrants that also deepened my understanding of the world of passports and visas, border walls and armed guards in which we all live today. It is a book about love in all its messy, imperfect realities, made all the richer by the author's willingness to be vulnerable about her own love story. And most of all, it is a book designed to change minds and hearts. What are we fighting for, after all, if not a world where love can be truly free? I'm looking forward to much more from this vibrant and necessary writer."—Sarah Jaffe, author of Work Won't Love You Back and Necessary Trouble"This is an impassioned nonfiction narrative that interweaves the author’s personal and professional lives to relate the hostile environment of a global migration crisis"—Library Journal“Love Across Borders has the emotional rollercoaster of a romance novel, but all the love stories (and the heartache within) are all too real. An almost guaranteed tearjerker that will leave you more knowledgable—and more frustrated—than when you first picked it up.” —Jezebel“Michelle Dowd’s youthful voice makes it easy for listeners to be transported… confidence and self-assurance fill her narration as she breaks free from the rigidity and abuse that have controlled her life”—Audiofile Magazine

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Book SynopsisIn late 2006, Saket Soni, a twenty-eight-year-old Indian-born community organizer, received an anonymous phone call from an Indian migrant worker in Mississippi. He was one of five hundred men trapped in squalid Gulf Coast "man camps," surrounded by barbed wire, watched by guards, crammed into cold trailers with putrid toilets, forced to eat mouldy bread and frozen rice. Recruiters had promised them good jobs and green cards. The men had scraped up $20,000 each for this "opportunity" to rebuild hurricane-wrecked oil rigs, leaving their families in impossible debt. During a series of clandestine meetings, Soni and the workers devised a bold plan. In The Great Escape, Soni traces the workers' extraordinary escape, their march on foot to Washington, DC, and their twenty-three-day hunger strike to bring attention to their cause. Along the way, ICE agents try to deport the men, company officials work to discredit them, and politicians avert their eyes. But none of this shakes the workers' determination to win their dignity and keep their promises to their families.Weaving a deeply personal journey with a riveting tale of twenty-first-century forced labour, Soni takes us into the lives of the immigrant workers the United States increasingly relies on to rebuild after climate disasters. The Great Escape is the gripping story of one of the largest human trafficking cases in modern American history-and the workers' heroic journey for justice.

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Book SynopsisIn Sudan Media Makers: Writings from the Diaspora, Mohamed A. Satti identifies and interviews six prominent Sudanese media personalities in the diaspora to tell their stories and examine their contributions to Sudanese media. The media and communication professionals are from a variety of backgrounds including print and television journalists, a political cartoonist, and a novelist. Throughout the book, Satti connects the lives of these media makers to the history of Sudan from the last three decades to the present, providing provides insights on Sudan, Sudanese media, and the Sudanese people. Trade Review"Mohamed Satti grants the world the unique opportunity to listen to Sudan's story of struggle and resilience through the authentic voices of its diasporic media makers. This timely and captivating book is a must read for anyone interested in understanding the role of the media in advancing freedom struggles in the Arab world and Africa." -- Sahar Khamis, University of Maryland, College ParkTable of ContentsList of FiguresForeword by Steve HowardAcknowledgementsChapter 1: Introduction: The 1989 Coup and the Administration of Omar al-BashirChapter 2: Isma’il KushkushChapter 3: Khalid Albaih Chapter 4: Abdullahi GallabChapter 5: Nima ElbagirChapter 6: Yousra ElbagirChapter 7: Leila AboulelaChapter 8: Sudan Now: 2019 and BeyondBibliographyAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisDriven from their homes in Russia, Poland, and Romania by pogroms and poverty, many Jews who went to Canada in the wave of immigration after the 1905 Russian revolution were committed radicals. This book brings to life the rich and multi-layered lives of a dissident political community, their shared experiences and community-building cultural proj

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Book SynopsisThe development of European migratory politics and their consequences.

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A gripping analysis of pre- and post-Brexit Britain

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Book SynopsisThe indistinct status of the Zainichi has meant that, since the late 1940s, two ethnic Korean associations, the Chongryun (pro-North) and the Mindan (pro-South) have been vying for political loyalty from the Zainichi, with both groups initially opposing their assimilation in Japan. Unlike the Korean diasporas living in Russia, China or the US, the Zainichi have become sharply divided along political lines as a result. Myung Ja Kim examines Japan's changing national policies towards the Zainichi in order to understand why this group has not been fully integrated into Japan. Through the prism of this ethnically Korean community, the book reveals the dynamics of alliances and alignments in East Asia, including the rise of China as an economic superpower, the security threat posed by North Korea and the diminishing alliance between Japan and the US. Taking a post-war historical perspective, the research reveals why the Zainichi are vital to Japan's state policy revisionist aims to increase its power internationally and how they were used to increase the country's geopolitical leverage.With a focus on International Relations, this book provides an important analysis of the mechanisms that lie behind nation-building policy, showing the conditions controlling a host state's treatment of diasporic groups.Table of ContentsIntroduction Alliance Cohesion, Diaspora and Nation-Building Policies Zainichi Diaspora: from the Shadow of Japan’s Colonial Legacy No Alliance and a Strong Historical Legacy—Exclusionary Policies towards the Zainichi in the Post-World War II Era (1945–1964) Alliance Cohesion Matters: Japan’s Policy towards the Zainichi during the Cold War Era (1965–1980s) Does Alliance Cohesion Still Matter in the New Post-Cold War Geopolitical Era (1990–2014)? Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis enlightening edited collection shows how migration shapes the lives of faith communities - and vice versa - through diverse prisms including diaspora, generational change, cultural conflict, conceptions of 'ministry' and artistic response. The contributors comprise writers, poets and artists from the three largest Abrahamic faiths (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) and beyond. They show how issues of migration are addressed through a variety of different media such as theological debate and shared community action, poetry and art.As issues of migration are an important factor in so many political and social debates, faith communities are looking for guidance on how to deepen their theological understanding of migration. This book helps them to reflect on their own practices and experiences, learn from their own traditions and engage in dialogue with diverse communities.*All royalties from book sales will be donated to The Helen Bamber Foundation - a UK-based charity that supports people who have survived extreme physical, sexual and psychological violence.*Trade ReviewThe great paradox of migration through the ages is that in the journeying out, we find, or are at least searching for, home. Mapping Faith does justice to this storied paradox, so formative for Jews, Christians and Muslims, by weaving together narrative, theology, scriptural reflection, poetry and art. The result is a compelling and very human celebration of traditioned faith in a world on the move. -- Revd Dr Richard Sudworth, Secretary for Inter Religious Affairs to the Archbishop of CanterburyReading Mapping Faith affords any reader with so many truly accessible and engaging perspectives on migration in the Abrahamic religions. From dialogue partners to poets to theologians to artists, this collection has something to fascinate everyone. Mosques, synagogues, and churches, not to mention seminaries, all need this on their library shelves! -- Rabbi Dr Deborah Kahn-Harris, Principal, Leo Baeck College (London)This is a fantastic, unique coming together of writings by people from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives. It is thought-provoking, challenging and moving. It is personal as well as community focused and will serve as a crucial resource to encourage us all to critically think more about time, place, people, identity, home, faith and what those things mean for us all. -- Julie Siddiqi, Founder - Thrive TogetherTable of ContentsAcknowledgments; Introduction by Lia Shimada; Part 1: Faith Encounters; 1. 35 Chapel Walk: Art, community, encounter by Faiza Omar and Ric Stott; 2. Radical Jewish Welcome: A reflection on shelter, Sukkot and Calais by Oliver Joseph; 3. 'God Squad': Multi-faith chaplaincy in Canary Wharf by Ibrahim Mogra; 4. Interfaith, Interchurch, InterTidal: A Jew(ish) tribute to resilience by Katy Radford; 5. Beauty for Ashes and the Oil of Gladness: God in exile, asylum seekers and the journey to hope by Julie Khovacs and Ivan Khovacs; 6. My 'Migration to Migration' in Orthodox Judaism by David Mason; 7. Christian-Muslim Dialogue: An encounter with a Christian minister by Hassan Rabbani; 8. Mapping Theology by Katherine Baxter; Image: Abraham's Journeys by Katherine Baxter; Image: Holy Lands by Katherine Baxter; 9. Poetry by Alison Phipps and Tawona Sitholé; 10. Poetry by Yvonne Green; Part 2: Sacred Text; 11. Scriptural Reasoning by Rachel Godfrey; 12. Translation and Re-centering Aisha in the Hadith Canon by Sofia Rehman; 13. Difference without Domination: Listening for religious attunement in times of polarization by Michael Nausner; 14. Wandering Jews: Mobilizing exile to create communities and change by Robyn Ashworth-Steen; 15. Welcoming Refugees: The Canaanite woman and breaking down borders by Sheila Curran; 16. Prophetic Narratives of Migration and Resilience by Sayed Razawi; 17. What is a refuge for migrant women? Testimony, witness-bearing and 'The Rape of Tamar' by Alison Phipps; 18. Taking the Talmud for a Walk by Jacqueline Nicholls; Image: Shabbat 33 and 34 by Jacqueline Nicholls; Image: Disrupting the text by Jacqueline Nicholls; 19. The Language of Shame by Aviva Dautch; Poetry by Aviva Dautch; 20. Poetry by Pádraig Ó Tuama; Part 3: Diaspora; 21. Keeping Faith in the Diaspora: The story of Tumelo's three congregations by Harvey Kwiyani; 22. 'Muhajir': A personal journey of art, faith and museum objects by Hajra Williams; 23. The Montefiore Letters: Migrations of Jews to the Holy Land in the early 19th century by Sally Style; 24. Far from Home: Faith, fellowship and Filipino community by Filipino Community in Harmony, Action, Mobilization and Prayer; 25. Somali and New Scot: Faith, migration and community by Mohamed Omar; 26. Home is Exile and Exile is Home by Jennifer Langer; 27. Four Images by Issam Kourbaj; Image: Strike by Issam Kourbaj; Image: Dark Water, Burning World by Issam Kourbaj; Image: Lost by Issam Kourbaj; Image: Another Day Lost by Issam Kourbaj; 'Lesbos 2016' by Ruth Padel; 28. The Thread of Faith: Academic research, faith and community by Nazneen Ahmed; Poetry by Nazneen Ahmed; 29. Poetry by Amir Darwish; Continuing the conversation; Contributor bios

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Book Synopsis Denmark is set to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030. Iceland has topped the gender equality rankings for a decade and counting. South Korea’s average life expectancy will soon reach ninety. How have these places achieved such remarkable outcomes? And how can we apply those lessons to our own communities? The future we want is already here - it's just not evenly distributed. By bringing together for the first time tried and tested solutions to society's most pressing problems, from violence to inequality, Andrew Wear shows that the world we want to live in is already within reach. Solved is a much-needed dose of optimism in an atmosphere of doom and gloom. Informative, accessible and revelatory, it is a celebration of the power of human ingenuity to make the future brighter for everyone.Trade Review‘This is an important book which puts forward realistic and achievable solutions to humanity’s ills.’ -- New Internationalist‘If you think “there’s no place like home”, think again… We have so much to learn from each other in the world today.’ -- Danny Dorling, Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford'A refreshing, cup-half-full approach to inspire each and all of us.' -- Dana H. Born, Harvard Kennedy School of Government

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Book SynopsisIn 2013 Ousmane Diallo, a 26-year-old Senegalese olive harvester, lost his life when a gas canister exploded in a Sicilian field. As an African migrant, he was little mourned. But though they've been deliberately forgotten, neither the events of Ousmane's life nor his tragic death are uncommon. Across Italy today, African workers toil in the fields that make it one of Europe's largest exporters of fruit and vegetables. Having fled home countries devastated by colonialism and global capitalism, those who survive the journey across the Mediterranean arrive on European shores only to find themselves systematically segregated and exploited. They have been subject to anti-migrant policies over decades, from administrations across the political spectrum. Trapped in a chokehold of subhuman living and working conditions, they are the dehumanised Other, invisible by design--the people hidden behind foods and goods branded 'Made in Italy'. Ciao Ousmane is the story of this subordinated class. Through the lives and stories of Italy's migrant workers, Hsiao-Hung Pai exposes the open secret of how state and society create 'necessary outcasts'. This is a bitter, frank and moving tale of racial capitalism, against which workers constantly find new ways to organise and fight back.Trade Review'[Ciao Ousmane] offers a gripping account of everyday life at the margins, combining provocative reflections about the macro-determinants of marginalisation with vivid storytelling of individual lives and plights… In an eminently readable style, [Hsiao-Hung Pai] conveys a thought-provoking discussion of how common sense concepts such as integration and ‘legality’ become ideological levers, functional to vilify immigrants and divert voters’ attention.' -- Political Quarterly

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Book SynopsisAt a time when policies are increasingly against it, international migration has become the subject of great public and academic attention. This book departs from the dominant approach of studying international migration at macro level, and from the perspective of destination countries. The contributors here seek to do more than 'scratch the surface' of the migration process, by foregrounding the voices and views of Ethiopian youth--potential migrants and returnees--and of their sending communities. The volume focuses on the perspective and agency of these young people, both potential migrants and returnees, to better understand migration decision-making, experiences and outcomes. It brings together rarely documented cases of young men and women from several communities across Ethiopia, migrating to the Gulf and South Africa. Explaining the agency of local actors--prospective migrants, brokers and sending families--Youth on the Move illuminates the pervasive, persistent failure of state attempts to regulate migration. Moreover, it examines the financing of migration and the sharing of remittances, within a culturally situated moral economy. While accounts centred on economics and political violence are important, the contributors demonstrate compellingly that these factors alone cannot provide a full understanding of migration's complexity, nor of its social realities.Trade Review'A tour de force from some of the most important scholars working in and on the Horn of Africa today. Clearly written and drawing from a wide range of original empirical data, this is a key contribution to the literatures of migration, displacement, youth and development.' -- Laura Hammond, Professor of Development Studies, SOAS University of London, and author of 'This Place Will Become Home: Refugee Repatriation to Ethiopia''"Youth on the Move" greatly advances the frontiers of scholarship on migration studies. Going beyond the dominant discourse of push-pull factors, it adopts a nuanced migratory agency lens. Focussing on Ethiopian migration to the Gulf and South Africa, this volume fills an important knowledge gap on south-south migration.' -- Dereje Feyissa, Associate Professor, Addis Ababa University, and Co-Investigator for the Ethiopia-South Africa Migration Corridor, MIDEQ Research Hub'This compelling book offers a rare window into the social realities behind irregular migration, showing in vivid case studies how migrants, families, and brokers assemble and reassemble the migratory process from below in ways that policymakers ignore at their peril.' -- Ruben Andersson, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford, and author of 'Illegality, Inc.: Clandestine migration and the business of bordering Europe''"Youth on the Move" is an extremely timely intervention into scholarly discussions of youth and migration. The volume draws together nuanced case studies from Ethiopia to demonstrate young people's agency in using social networks to facilitate international migration.' -- Daniel Mains, Associate Professor of Anthropology and African Studies, The University of Oklahoma, and author of 'Hope is Cut: Youth, Unemployment, and the Future in Urban Ethiopia'

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Book SynopsisThrough a series of original interviews, specially commissioned photography and fascinating archive material, England Our England tells the personal stories of the black and Asian pioneers who crossed the waters to make Britain their home. Rich portraits and moving personal accounts show how they dealt bravely with the shock of rejection and cold weather, the difficulties of finding work and making connections with the British, but also how their achievements ultimately transcended both their own expectations and those of the country in which they came to live, creating the multicultural society that we know today and a rich legacy for future generations. The book includes interviews with Russell Henderson, co-founder of the Notting Hill Carnival, Yvonne Bailey-Smith, mother of novelist Zadie Smith, playwright Mustapha Matura, film director Horace Ové and Deloris Smith, mother of singer Beverley Knight.

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Book Synopsis'Evocative, authentic and brilliantly told - a wonderful read.' David LammyForeword by West Indies Cricketer Sir Clive LloydVoices of the Windrush Generation is a powerful collection of stories from the men, women and children of the Windrush generation - West Indians who emigrated to Britain between 1948 and 1971 in response to labour shortages, and in search of a better life.Edited by journalist and bestselling author David Matthews, this book paints a vivid portrait of what it meant for those who left the Caribbean for Britain during the early days of mass migration.Through his own, and many other stories, Matthews explores: why and how so many people came to Britain after World War II, their hopes and dreams, the communities they formed and the difficulties they faced being separated from family and friends while integrating into an often hostile society. We hear how lives were transformed, and what became of the generations that followed, taking the reader right up to the present day, and the impact of the current Windrush deportation scandal upon everyday people.At once a nostalgic treasure trove of human interest, which unearths the real stories behind the headlines, and a celebration of black British culture, Voices of the Windrush Generation is an absorbing and important book that gives a platform to voices that need to be heard.Trade ReviewEvocative, authentic and brilliantly told - a wonderful read * David Lammy *

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Book SynopsisArnovis couldn't stay in El Salvador. If he didn't leave, a local gangster promised that his family would dress in mourning, that he would wake up with flies in his mouth. "It was like a bomb exploded in my life," Arnovis said. The Dispossessed tells the story of a twenty-four-year-old Salvadoran man, Arnovis, whose family's search for safety shows how the United States - in concert with other Western nations - has gutted asylum protections for the world's most vulnerable. Crisscrossing the border and Central America, John Washington traces one man's quest for asylum. Arnovis is separated from his daughter by US Border Patrol agents and struggles to find security after being repeatedly deported to a gang-ruled community in El Salvador, traumatic experiences relayed by Washington with vivid intensity.Adding historical, literary, and current political context to the discussion of migration today, Washington tells the history of asylum law and practice through ages to the present day. Packed with information and reflection, The Dispossessed is more than a human portrait of those who cross borders - it is an urgent and persuasive case for sharing the country we call home.Trade ReviewIn an era of massive and unprecedented human migration, John Washington documents in his poignant book, The Dispossessed: A Story of Asylum at the US-Mexico Border and Beyond, how the poverty and violence powerful nations inflict on poor countries is a major reason so many flee their lives and families. Offering expansive historical analysis of how ancient religions, cultures, and societies understood the imperative of welcoming the outsider, particularly those seeking safety from harm or death, and contrasting it with our current world order, Washington has written one of the most important books of our time on one of the most dire systematic injustices on our planet. I read this book in one sitting because I simply couldn't put it down. -- Jeremy Scahill, author of Dirty WarsJohn Washington delivers an absorbing, harrowing, and deeply moving reportage that renders the most thorough and critical assessment of the U.S. asylum system that I have ever read. -- Todd Miller, author of Empire of BordersJohn is a rarity in the world of Central American migration. He travels with humility and seeks to understand, not to reaffirm his hypotheses. He keeps at it, he's been doing it for years, he doesn't parachute into tragedy. When he asks questions, he seeks answers. If there's an American should say something about asylum, it is him. John is a Caronte, he crosses the river and understands both sides, which is why this book should be read, because there are few people who understand this story's complexity. I've been covering migration in Central America, Mexico, and the United States for 13 years, and I can say with complete conviction: read this book--someone wrote it who has a lot to tell, and has told it masterfully.Nobody would have read my book in the United States if it weren't for John. Ten years ago he understood that I had something to say about migration. He understood a decade ago something that I didn't. John is patient, meticulous, obsessive. First he understands--like few do--and then he writes. This is a book from someone who has been understanding for a long time, and now that he's come to write this book, he's done so with mastery, with patience, with humility, and without cliché. This book was written by a true expert about a topic that many pretend to understand -- Óscar Martinez, author of The BeastThe Dispossessed is one of the most beautiful and wrenching books I've read in a long time. We are becoming a stateless world, as the combined effects of climate change, war, and struggles of resources push people from their land and their homes. John Washington's book offers no easy answers, but in its empathy, it is a guide for how we confront the crisis with decency. -- Greg Grandin, author of The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of AmericaThe Dispossessed is one book that you will not soon forget. -- Skye Anderson * Patch *Even if so much of what makes the book riveting is patently awful or evil, Washington's narrative is a crucial read for anyone interested in immigration policy or border dynamics. -- Russell Crandall * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books *

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Book SynopsisMarcus Garvey, Claude McKay, Claudia Jones, C.L.R. James, Stokely Carmichael, Louis Farakhan-the roster of immigrants from the Caribbean who have made a profound impact on the development of radical politics in the United States is extensive. In this magisterial and lavishly illustrated work, Winston James focuses on the twentieth century's first waves of immigrants from the Caribbean and their contribution to political dissidence in America.This diligently researched, wide-ranging and sophisticated book will be welcomed by all those interested in the Caribbean and its émigrés, the Afro-American current within America's radical tradition, and the history, politics, and culture of the African diaspora.Trade Review"Superbly written, full of well-digested and considered detail, it is a historic chronicle." - Edward Said "A brilliant, nuanced and sensitive re-examination of the history of Caribbean radicals and radicalism in the United States. James's book will survive for many years as the standard work on the subject and establishes the author as one of the premier scholars of the African Diaspora." - Colin Palmer, City University of New York "A major historical contribution to the 'hidden history' of the African diaspora ... richly detailed, powerful and compelling." - Stuart Hall, The Open University "Imaginatively written in addition to its solid scholarly base, this book breaks significant new ground in our understanding of modern black American radicalism." - Arnold Rampersad, Princeton University "In this thoroughly researched and tightly argued book Winston James has revealed and explained the prominent role of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in socialist, communist and nationalist struggles in the United States, whilst rescuing the topic from the stereotypes that have long surrounded it." - David Montgomery, Yale University "James elucidates, as no one has done before him, just how profound were the Caribbean contributions that enriched the soil of American radicalism ... A truly prodigious and imaginative reconstruction [which] heralds a genuine renascence of radical scholarship in the best Caribbean tradition." - Robert A. Hill, University of California, Los Angeles "Powerfully argued and provocative, Holding Aloft the Banner of Ethiopia literally reframes our understanding of the African-American experience." - Thomas C. Holt, University of Chicago

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Book SynopsisMany of those who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK after World War II left behind partners and children, causing the break-up of families who were often not reunited for several years.In this book, Elaine Arnold examines the psychological impact that immigration had on these families, in particular with relation to attachment issues. She demonstrates that the disruption caused by separation from both family and country often had long-term traumatic consequences. The book draws on two studies carried out by the author in 1975 and 2001. In the first, she interviewed mothers who had emigrated without their children, and in the second, children (now adults) who had been left behind and were later reunited with their parents. This insightful book will assist all those working with people of African Caribbean origin in the UK to better understand their experiences and the impact that separation and loss has had on their lives. It is essential reading for social workers, counsellors, therapists and any other professionals working with families of African Caribbean origin.Trade ReviewArnold's book reminds us of these ideas and of the importance for probation practitioners of listening to those they supervise, to take a developmental history and to try to really understand where their clients are coming from. I believe that this book is not only useful for working with people of African Caribbean origin but with all those for whom circumstances have led to traumatic ruptures of their closest relationships. -- Probation Journal(...) provide detailed and honest accounts of the difficulties that resulted from these broken attachments and the impact that this had on their lives. This book would be an interesting read for those students and practitioners working with children of an African Caribbean origin to gain a greater understanding into the traumatic effects that migration can have. The book highlights the importance of attachment theory and demonstrates the wider applicability of this in respect to family loss and its long term effects. -- Play for LifeThis is a well written, reflective and insightful reference book with some candid, often traumatic accounts of separation and loss. -- Young Minds MagazineI found this book both fascinating and poignant. Everyone working with African Caribbean families or refugee and migrant children would benefit from absorbing its fascinating and eye-opening contents. -- Therapy TodayThis is a timely book, well written and highlighting an often ignored causal factor from a psychological perspective. The understanding of loss and separation and the intergenerational transportation of trauma are critical to an understanding of potential solutions to the apparent disproportionately high numbers of African Caribbean men and women in mental health services. The strength of the book lies in the compelling combination of well articulated individual stories with extensive research evidence and theory. Elaine Arnold contributes fresh ideas and perspectives to the field of race and mental health. -- Hári Sewell, Director of HS Consultancy, UK and author of Working with Ethnicity, Race and Culture in Mental HealthI celebrate the arrival of this book because it is a testimony to the resilience of the human spirit surviving against sometimes terrible odds. It links the socio-historical dimensions of Caribbean family life with the importance of a psychological underpinning of attachment and commitment of family members to one another, for good mental health and a sense of identity. Dr. Arnold gives testimony to the many ways in which families struggled to keep connections in the face of long absences and also looks at the cost for many mothers and children of their separation from one another. -- From the Foreword by Gill Gorell Barnes, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Tavistock Clinic, UK and consultant family therapistTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Foreword by Gill Gorell-Barnes. Introduction. 1. Historical Background of African Caribbean Life. 2. African Caribbean Families’ Immigration to Britain. 3. Attachment Theory, Separation and Loss. 4. Narratives of African Caribbean Mothers Separated and Reunited with their Children. 5. Mothers and Children Reflecting on Relationships with Fathers. 6. African Caribbean Women Reflecting on Separation in Early Years and Reunion with Mothers. 7. Implication for Work with African Caribbean Families and Others who Experience Separation and Loss. References. Index.

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Book SynopsisIn some countries of the Persian Gulf as much as 85 to 90 per cent of the population is made-up of expatriate workers.Unsurprisingly, all of the concerned states spend inordinate amounts of their political energies managing the armies of migrant labourers employed in their countries, and there are equally fundamental social, cultural, and economic consequences involved as well. Despite the pervasive and farreaching nature of the phenomenon, to date there have not been any comprehensive, easily accessible studies of labour migration in the Persian Gulf. Migrant Labour in the Persian Gulf is a multi-disciplinary examination of the manifold causes, nature, processes, and consequences of labour migration into the Persian Gulf. It critically analyses the effects of migration for native communities, looking at the types and functions of informal - and at times formal - bi-national and multinational networks that emerge from and in turn sustain migration patterns over time, the role and functions of recruitment agencies, and the values, behaviours, and plans of migrants workers prior to and after setting off for the Persian Gulf.Trade Review'An excellent reader on the sensitive and often thorny issue of labour migration in the Gulf states. - the book has great originality and will make an important contribution not only to Gulf studies, but to migration studies in general, and perhaps even scholars of international political economy.' * Christopher Davidson, author of Abu Dhabi: Oil and Beyond and Power and Politics in the Persian Gulf Monarchies. *'A superb sample of the growing literature on the Gulf. The authors bring Gulf migration into focus taking us into the lives of the millions who migrate to the Gulf and revealing the complexity of the processes and contexts of migration . The reader accompanies migrants into the streets and workplaces to feel the resultant shifts in family, community and self.' * Sharon Nagy, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology, DePaul University. *'A most timely and long overdue publication on one of the most important and unique regions in the world for labour migration, this brilliant collection of well-established local and international scholars analyses legal, economic, political, cultural and human rights issues with critical, rich, visualizable accounts of the migrant presence in the region.' * Ray Jureidini, Institute for Migration Studies, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon. *'A ground-up and sociological perspective that is a welcome reprieve from reams of statistical data often found in policy-oriented reports on migration. The multiple analytic approaches, combining insights from economics, sociology, anthropology, and political science is admirable and a model to be emulated in any future synthesis of labour studies not only in the Gulf but throughout the MENA region.' * Mediterranean Politics *

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be a Pakistani? Can it mean more than one thing? And what do others think it means? Ziauddin Sardar explores what makes a Pakistani, and whether it's something one wants or ought to be. Reflecting on his culture and heritage through tales of the Pakistanis in his life, A Person of Pakistani Origins is a whirlwind tour of duelling poets, Bollywood films, a bookish auntie who harbours feminist urges, and a vanishing uncle who reappears miles away. Thoughtful and generously laced with humour, this book delves deep into Pakistan's eclectic culture, and the humble insanity of everyday life for a person of Pakistani origins. Sardar richly celebrates the importance of where we come from, and of who we become.Trade Review'An adroit genealogical inquiry, a wise meditation on the confusions and compulsions that make up an individual . . . Sardar’s captivating narrative constitutes a rebellion against the geographical truth of a country created by dissection.''This is a British cultural critic's impassioned reflection on identity, his own and Pakistan's, against the backdrop of the country's tumultuous 71-year-old history.''In the twenty-first century, migration, faith, and identity are disrupting nations and dividing peoples around the globe. Ziauddin Sardar uses his own life to understand and illustrate the complexities and profundities of these forces with unbearable lightness and also emotion, honesty, beauty and wit. Sardar’s birthplace, Pakistan, causes him much aggravation, but the nation’s heartbeat echoes his own, and he is made by its long civilisation. And still deeply affected by its story. He is cosmopolitan and thoroughly grounded. This wonderful book balances the two sides with panache and integrity. It’s the way we must all learn to live.' -- Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, author of 'Exotic England: The Making of a Curious Nation''Ziauddin Sardar’s journey is emblematic for our age of tragically hardening borders. A compassionately critical thinker about faith and nationality, Sardar was born in Pakistan and made his life in London, becoming an acclaimed scholar and writer. He reminds us that we now live in a world in which passports, visas and identities can be switched in a single second from "Exempted" to "Cancelled".' -- Ruth Padel, Professor of Poetry at King’s College London, author of 'On Migration', 'Tigers in Red Weather' and 'Emerald''Where so often Pakistan and Pakistanis are presented in a one-dimensional way through the prism of the latest crisis or bad news story, A Person of Pakistani Origins provides a complex, inter-generational, humorous, and deeply personal account of the many ways to be a British Pakistani.' -- Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, author of 'The Enemy Within: A Tale of Muslim Britain'

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Book SynopsisRe?ections, poems, prayers and other liturgical resources written by those supporting refugees in their communities and by refugees themselves. The large-scale movement of refugees across the world is a matter of urgent humanitarian concern. This book reflects on the Christian requirement to act justly and deal rightly with the stranger in our midst, and further, on seeking the face of Christ in each person, the Christ forced as an infant into exile. The book is dedicated to the memory of all who have undertaken the perilous journey from their homelands, and have not lived. Rosemary Power is a writer who has volunteered in the refugee camps of northern France. She has worked professionally in church ministry, the voluntary sector and as an academic.

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Book SynopsisCohen challenges the assumption that one cannot work for the central or local government and challenge it at the same time. He does not encourage law breaking, but provides practical suggestions on how an official can act within the law without intentionally magnifying the problems of the person the official is obliged to serve. This book is challenging and deliberately thought-provoking, but it answers the question "what do I do?" This book should be on any syllabus on immigration and social work. Cohen has provided a thoughtful answer to many of the problems that those in social services and school are compelled to confront daily. He has done a fantastic service for all those concerned with the issue of immigration and asylum. This book cannot be praised highly enough.'- SAGE Race Relations Abstracts'Immigration Controls, the family and the Welfare State is all in favour of the right of Labour to migrate. The rich can always find new markets or new places to build factories, while workers are denied the same right to move. This is the most practical book you could imagine. Each chapter includes case studies and suggests how a campaign around them could work'- Socialist Review'Written primarily for social and welfare workers and advisers, the book sets out to unravel the complexities of immigration law, and its impact on the family and welfare rights. Among other things the book covers the history of controls, the practical application of law (using case studies), applying for immigration status, working with asylum seekers, interviewing, report writing, and liaison between welfare professionals, advisers and legal representatives. The author is an immigration lawyer with 25 years experience. He is former coordinator of the Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit, having practiced at the bar.- Welfare Benefits'Steve Cohen is a veteran anti-racist campaigner who has for 25 years worked as an immigration adviser, and has during that period produced lucid and compelling analysis of immigration controls and the welfare state Each chapter starts with a casework problem raising important issues of practice. The issue may be about whether the headteacher of a state school can enrol a child who has been admitted for private education; or whether an 80-year-old with no permission to stay can get meals on wheels. In chapters on marriage, children, unmarried partners, asylum and on benefits, education, housing, social and health services and probation, he combines history and comprehensive guidance he explains when and why it is necessary for local authority or voluntary sector workers to ask their clients about their immigration status; how it should be done and the consequences of not doing so This book is absolutely unique in its contribution of "law, theory, politics and practice" and it is absolutely indispensable for anyone working with those affected by immigration controls.'- CARF62'This is a work of political polemic, with an ace handbook attached. It presents current immigration law and practice for practitioners in education and the medical and social services, from an explicit anti-racist stance. It will also be of considerable use to the specialist legal practitioner It explains immigration issues as they might arise in the context of different areas of practice. Each chapter begins with a true-life tale and a casework example. Examples drawn from life and history are given throughout. The structure of the book is clear and the index likewise useful The book is to be particularly commended to all practitioners for its readability and accessibility, which is achieved without any loss of clarity about the law.'- Family LawThe increasingly close relationship between immigration controls and the welfare state makes the law highly relevant to many professional groups, including workers within local authorities, the voluntary sector and the welfare state. In this comprehensive handbook Steve Cohen examines the law, including the 1999 Immigration and Asylum Act, as it applies to the relationship between issues of welfare, immigration control and refugee status, giving pointers for good practice. The practical application of the law is illustrated with a wealth of case studies. The guidelines for anti-racist practice, campaigning, contesting immigration status, working with asylum-seekers, interviewing, report writing and liasing between welfare professionals and legal representatives make this book an essential resource for all professionals working in this field.Trade ReviewThis is an important text, addressing some complex practice issues, undoubtedly a "must" for social work practitioners' and teaching institutions' libraries. -- Social Work EducationCohen's book is immensely relevant to the present situation, as it constitutes a cross between a straightforward reference text on immigration controls past and present, and a damning critique of them... the advice provided is relatively independent of wider ethical arguments, and is sensitive, logical and clear; the facts are well assembled and in accordance with Cohen's discussions. -- Immigration and Nationality Law and PracticeTable of ContentsPART ONE: ISSUES OF THEORY, POLITICS, PRACTICE AND LAW. 1. The basic issues. 2. A brief political history. 3. An outline of current immigration control. 4. Basic good practice for welfare professionals and legal advisors. PART TWO: IMMIGRATION CONTROL AND THE FAMILY. 5. Dividing families: spouses. 6. Dividing families: children, parents and other relatives. 7. Beyond the family: the gay, lesbian, unmarried, celibate, promiscuous and single. 8. Asylum: age, gender and sexuality. 9. Deportation and removal: tactics and report writing. 10. Deportation and removal: A critique of the concept of compassionate grounds. 11. Immigration law versus child protection law. PART THREE: THE WELFARE STATE. 12. Benefits and immigration status. 13. Housing services and immigration status. 14. Education services and immigration status. 15. Social services, community care and immigration status. 16. Medical services and immigration status. 17. Further health issues for medical workers and others. 18. Probation and immigration status: double punishment. PART FOUR - RESOLVING THE POLITICAL AND PRACTICE ISSUES. 19. Professional practice and campaigning. 20. Good practice, welfare agencies and non-compliance. 21. Conclusion: fair controls or no controls? Appendix: Useful addresses. Index.

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Book SynopsisThe number of internally displaced people far outnumbers estimated refugees who have fled their countries. The majority of displaced populations survive with very little security or legal protection. Responding to the needs of internally displaced people is one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time.;Revised and updated from the first edition, this volume includes information on internal displacement in 47 different countries across the globe - that is to say all countries experiencing conflict-induced displacement at the time of publication. There is discussion of the causes of displacement, patterns of flight, protection concerns and international response.Trade Review'Very interesting... Highly informative.' The Geographical Journal 'For anyone not well versed on the topic, this book provides a good overall view of the issues and areas involved in dealing with IDPs.' Sustainable Communities Review 'The Norwegian Refugee Council should be congratulated for highlighting the plight of IDPs through its two surveys. It is to be hoped that it has done enough to shame the international community into fully recognising the magnitude and complexity of the problem.' Development Policy ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; Institutional Developments; Regional Profiles: the Americas, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, Africa, North Africa and the Middle East; Conclusion; Annexes: UN Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement; Bibliography, Index

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Book SynopsisUnravels the global migration paradoxes, explaining the economic and social issues behind the flows of people.

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