Refugees and political asylum Books

Book SynopsisUnlock the secrets to creating a trauma-informed yoga program for supporting asylum seekers, refugees and new immigrants in this accessible, practical guide.Asylum seekers, refugees and new immigrants often suffer with mental health concerns such as posttraumatic stress disorder, due to trauma experienced before, during, and after fleeing their country of origin. Yoga therapy is a holistic and compassionate tool that can help these populations regulate these trauma symptoms. This book is a brilliant, accessible introduction to applying trauma-informed yoga therapy in this setting, with useful insights and shared experience from a yoga therapist who has worked in the frontline for over 20 years.

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Book SynopsisThis book addresses and responds to the forced displacement crisis by exploring how music and music therapy can assist people in a range of settings around the globe. It offers a further understanding of practice and the opportunity to stimulate critical exploration of this area of work.

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Book SynopsisRefugees on the Move highlights and explores the profound complexities of the current refugee issue by focusing specifically on Syrian refugees in Turkey and other European countries and responses from the host countries involved. It examines the causes of the movement of refugee populations, the difficulties they face during their journeys, the daily challenges and obstacles they experience, and host governments' attempts to manage and overcome the so-called refugee crisis.

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Book SynopsisThrough a series of empirically and theoretically informed reflections, Opening Up the University offers insights into the process of setting up and running programs that cater to displaced students. Including contributions from educators, administrators, practitioners, and students, this expansive collected volume aims to inspire and question those who are considering creating their own interventions, speaking to policy makers and university administrators on specific points relating to the access and success of refugees in higher education, and suggests concrete avenues for further action within existing academic structures.

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Book SynopsisThe vast majority of forced migrants & refugees seek shelter and respite in countries of the Global South, where humanitarian spaces and practices of care are no exceptions to international humanitarianism but rather part of a project founded on hybrid forms of care that include local and vernacular practices. Care in a Time of Humanitarianism presents complex histories of forced migration and humanitarianism in an accessible way. It applies a comparative approach to highlight the diverse cultural and religious traditions of care that are adopted across the Global South for the distant others.

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Book SynopsisThe second edition contains new sections focused on issues of race and racialisation, treatment of people seeking asylum in both national contexts, and international efforts to respond to issues with refugee access to higher education, including international educational complementary pathways, and national sanctuary movements.

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Book SynopsisIt is headline news that forced migration due to conflict, persecution, and violence is a world-wide human catastrophe in which over 68 million people have been displaced. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) currently reports that one in every 110 people are forced to flee their homes and that someone is forced to flee their home every two seconds. Over 40 million people are internally displaced persons, people who have fled their homes but remain in their home country. Over 25 million are refugees, people who have forsaken their homes and homeland. They have crossed their country’s borders seeking safety and refuge. This volume brings together a wide variety of contributors, from scholars and a psychiatric social worker, to former refugees who were resettled in the United States and a mural artist, to explore the current face of migration conflict. Including personal narratives, academic papers, and artistic research, this volume is split into four sections, looking at the social structure of conflict, voices of resilience, humanitarian advocacy, and art and hope. This timely collection is a relevant book for courses in sociology, anthropology, political science, and courses centering on the global problem of conflict and forced migration.Trade ReviewThis volume compiles 13 chapters by scholars, former refugees, a social worker, and an artist from North America, Indonesia, and Turkey, who discuss aspects of forced migration, refugees, and conflict. They offer personal narratives, academic papers, and artistic research as they discuss the circumstances of conflict and forced migration that have impacted the countries people flee from and flee to, including the process of coming to the US as an asylum seeker, the refugee experience and solidarity strategies of the Circassian diaspora, and the crisis of conflict in Darfur and the structures of global climate change, race, and gender; stories of resilience and agency in escaping oppression and migrating to the US; humanitarian and policy responses, including child protection policy in an anti-immigration context in the US, children left behind and the trauma they experience, and the humanitarian response of Scholars for Syria, an organization to help Syrian students who resettled in the US; and art as a form of hope and social consciousness, with discussion of refugees in the novels of Bildungsroman and a mural arts project with Syrian youth and their families. -- Copyright 2019 * Portland, OR *Table of ContentsPart One: The Social Structure of Conflict 1. The Asylum-seeking Process: An American Tradition; Gil Richard Musolf 2. The Crisis in Darfur and the Social Structure of Global Climate Change, Race, and Gender; Michael J. Papa and Wendy H. Papa 3. Transnational Solidarity of Circassians In-Between Caucasus and Middle East; Ulaş Sunata Part Two: Voices of Survival, Resilience, and Hope 4. The Rock in the Stream; Mari Malek 5. From War to Peace: Loved Back to Life; Nafije Krasniqu Prishtina 6. Bendito Infierno; Derick Abrigu and Maria Silva 7. Falling in Love with a Refugee; Kim Schultz 8. Re-thinking the "starting point" for research: The challenges and possibilities for building reflexive knowledge with and about queer and trans migrants; Edward Ou Jin Lee and Abelardo Leon Part Three: Humanitarian Advocacy 9. The Social Construction of Child Protection in an Anti-Immigration Context; Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Myrna McNitt, and Erna Maria Rizeria Dinata 10. The Children Left Behind; Karen Gordon 11. A Heart Shaped Like Syria; Gail Vignola Part Four: Art and Hope 12. The Art of Re-Bildung the Refugee: Agency Through Literary Structure in the Bildungsroman; Alexandra Christian Budny 13. The Syrian Refugee Art Project; Joel Bergner

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative Handbook provides an interdisciplinary appraisal of the field of return migration, advancing concepts and theories and setting an agenda for new debates. Structured into four parts, the Handbook maps the contemporary field of return migration, examining the effects and politicisation of return migration, before moving on to explore the theme of reintegration and the impact of return migration on development in the migrants’ countries of origin. Taking an intersectional approach, expert contributors delve into the economics of return migration, deportation, the psychological wellbeing of migrants, student mobility and second-generation ‘return’ migration. The Handbook opens up new avenues for research, including new theories and conceptualisations of return migration, and articulates key issues that should be considered, both for research and for policy and practice. This Handbook will be a valuable resource for scholars and advanced students interested in migration and human rights. Its use of empirical examples and case studies will also be beneficial for policy-makers seeking an insight into the current issues in return migration.Trade Review‘Russell King and Katie Kuschminder have brought together a multidisciplinary team to cover return migration from multiple conceptual, theoretical, empirical and political angles. The volume focuses on the intersection of these approaches to provide a general but also detailed survey of the field. Given the multidisciplinary nature of this collection, this volume will be useful across the field of migration studies as well as within the specific discipline approach of each individual chapter. In particular, scholars and practitioners working in the area of migration and ethics, especially human rights, should find this collection valuable.’ -- James Barry, Ethnic and Racial Studies‘Return migration used to be the Cinderella of migration studies. This Handbook is an indispensable corrective, containing a marvellously rich and diverse collection of case studies together with a “state of the art” review of the relevant literature by the editors.’ -- Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, UK‘In this collection of eye-opening contributions on return migration, Russell King and Katie Kuschminder have assembled a highly productive group of authors who give guidance in this quickly emerging field. The contributions convincingly employ insights from various branches of migration and mobility studies, and establish new ground in topics ranging from assisted return and deportations to reintegration and engagement in local development. The individual chapters draw a differentiated portrait of a crucial but so far underappreciated dimension of migration. We have waited a long time for such a truly stimulating Handbook.’ -- Thomas Faist, Bielefeld University, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction: definitions, typologies and theories of return migration 1 Russell King and Katie Kuschminder PART I THEORISING AND CONCEPTUALISING RETURN MIGRATION 2 The economics of return migration 24 Jackline Wahba 3 Return and transnationalism 38 Özge Bilgili 4 Gendering return migration 53 Russell King and Aija Lulle 5 Theorising voluntariness in return 70 Marta Bivand Erdal and Ceri Oeppen 6 Departheid: re-politicising the inhumane treatment of illegalised migrants in so-called liberal democratic states 84 Barak Kalir 7 Return visits and other return mobilities 96 Md Farid Miah PART II THE POLITICISATION OF RETURN MIGRATION 8 Critical reflections on assisted return programmes and practices 108 Ine Lietaert 9 The contours of deportation studies 122 Martin Lemberg-Pedersen 10 The Return Directive: clarifying the scope and substance of the rights of migrants facing expulsion from the EU 137 Alan Desmond 11 The return industry: the case of the Netherlands 153 Marieke van Houte 12 The legitimisation of the policy objective of sustainable reintegration 167 Rossella Marino and Ine Lietaert 13 Corruption and return migration 185 Erlend Paasche PART III EXPERIENCES OF RETURN AND REINTEGRATION 14 Reintegration strategies 200 Katie Kuschminder 15 Labour migrants and the retirement–return nexus 212 Claudio Bolzman 16 Return migration and psychosocial wellbeing 226 Zana Vathi 17 The return migration of children: (re)integration is not always plain sailing 241 Daina Grosa 18 Student mobility: between returning home and remaining abroad 255 Elisa Alves 19 Returning lifestyle migrants 270 Katie Walsh 20 Revisiting second-generation ‘return’ migration to the ancestral homeland 283 Nilay Kılınç 21 Return migration experiences: the case of Central and Eastern Europe 299 Anne White PART IV RETURN MIGRATION AND DEVELOPMENT 22 Exploring the return migration and development nexus 314 Russell King 23 Diaspora return and knowledge transfer 331 Charlotte Mueller 24 Return migration, entrepreneurship and development 344 Giulia Sinatti Index

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Book SynopsisForced migration in the 21st century is closely linked to three global developments: climate change, rapid urbanization and the lack of solutions faced by millions of displaced people. The Handbook on Forced Migration brings a critical lens to the study of these issues. By adding the often overlooked disciplines of history and philosophy, this Handbook challenges narratives on forced migration, explains contemporary challenges, and provides a call for action.Each section of the Handbook presents diverse perspectives and a range of case studies on the interaction between forced migration and climate change, urbanization and solutions. The Introduction challenges different forced migration narratives, and the Conclusion makes new arguments for standards in forced migration research. A final chapter explores potential problems for forced migrants around digital technology,This fascinating Handbook will be an important read for human rights, humanitarian and development practitioners, and for urban studies and migration scholars and students. The research-centred approach will benefit academics and policymakers undertaking new investigations.Trade Review‘As global displacement is seen to be ever increasing in scale and complexity, this collection of perspectives – from a truly remarkable group of contributors – is essential reading for anyone that seeks to more fully understand this enduring phenomenon.’ -- James Milner, Carleton University, Canada‘The Handbook on Forced Migration provides a wide-ranging and iconoclastic set of reflections on forced migration across disciplinary perspectives. The first-rate and diverse set of contributors prove excellent guides through the thicket of this fundamental issue of our time.’ -- Matthew J. Gibney, University of Oxford, UK‘The Handbook on Forced Migration is a unique resource blending the perspectives of migrants, practitioners, and many of the leading lights and rising stars of academic research. Jacobsen and Majidi have curated an excellent introduction to many of the most vexing issues in the field.’ -- David Scott FitzGerald, University of California San Diego, US‘With a focus on climate change displacement, urban areas, and solutions to displacement and through a lens that braids history and philosophy, this insightful examination of forced migration is novel, timely, and needed—highly recommended for anyone concerned with knowledge production in migration research and with today’s policy approaches.’ -- Cecilia Menjívar, University of California, Los Angeles, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface xviii Nassim Majidi POEM: MAZEN SLEEPS WITH HIS FOOT ON THE FLOOR BY MARTÍN ESPADA PART I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction to the Handbook on Forced Migration: a critical take on forced migration today 3 Karen Jacobsen and Nassim Majidi 2 Negotiating ambiguous status: mixed migration in theory and practice 20 Katrina Burgess 3 Migrant categorization under the patchwork of international, regional, and national law 33 John Cerone PART II PHILOSOPHY 4 Philosophy of forced migration: sit at the table or knock it over 45 Hervé Nicolle 5 Labels, norms: the illusion of control 58 Interview with Oliver Bakewell 6 Thinking without ‘fixing’: towards a feminist political geography 66 Interview with Jennifer Hyndman 7 Ethics, globalization, counter-narratives: confronting structural injustice 76 Interview with Serena Parekh 8 Dissensus, fictions, emancipation: the struggle for a world to come 85 Interview with Jacques Rancière 9 Securitization, decriminalization, resistance: from old fears to new values 92 Interview with Seyla Benhabib 10 Otherness, language, exile: expressing the poem of the Relation 100 Interview with Tanella Boni POEM: FLOATERS BY MARTÍN ESPADA NARRATIVE: CROSSING BORDERS BY FIRAT BOZÇALI AND REBECCA GALEMBA PART III HISTORY 11 Historical perspectives on forced migration 117 Susan Martin 12 Historians and forced migration: a persistent feeling of disconnect? 134 Jerome Elie 13 Reckoning with refugeedom: historical perspectives 142 Peter Gatrell 14 History, memory and the ethics of asylum 149 Tony Kushner 15 The roots of asylum 155 Ninette Kelley 16 Historical process tracing and forced migration: re-examining the creation of the refugee definition 162 Phil Orchard 17 Historiographies of early modern forced migrations in Europe and the Atlantic world 168 Susanne Lachenicht 18 The antecedents of forced migration in the Middle East 176 Dawn Chatty 19 The ‘home-coming’ of the refugees: narratives of partition-induced forced migration in South Asia (1947–1971) 182 Anindita Ghoshal POEM: ASKING QUESTIONS OF THE MOON BY MARTÍN ESPADA NARRATIVE: ENCLAVE DWELLERS AND PROXY CITIZENS IN BANGLADESH AND INDIA BY MD AZMEARY FERDOUSH PART IV CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL MOBILITY 20 Climate change, population, environment and forced migration 193 Jennifer Ventrella and Michael Cohen 21 Climate change, migration and inequality in contemporary India 207 Kavya Michael and Juhi Bansal 22 Climate and migration in Latin America and the Caribbean 215 Maiara Folly and Adriana Erthal Abdenur 23 Theorizing mobility justice in contexts of climate mobilities 225 Mimi Sheller 24 Challenging the “lifeboat discourse” on population and migration 232 Anne Hendrixson 25 Climate mobility and COP accountability 243 Karen Jacobsen and Susan Martin POEM: I WOULD STEAL A CAR FOR YOU BY MARTÍN ESPADA NARRATIVE: WAITING IN TRANSIT BY ANTJE MISSBACH PART V URBAN SETTINGS 26 The urbanisation of displacement 256 Lucy Earle 27 If not camps, then… cities? 270 Dyfed Aubry 28 Aid-induced informal settlement creation following disaster: the cautionary tale of Port-au-Prince’s Canaan slum 277 Christopher Ward and Louis Jadotte 29 Reconstruction as violence and forced displacement in Syria 283 Deen Sharp 30 Self-reliance in urban contexts for displaced people 291 Kellie C. Leeson, Paul Karanja, Galo Quizanga Zambrano and Dale Buscher 31 Framing urban displacement economies 298 Alison Brown, Patricia Garcia Amado, Engida Esayas Dube, Tegegne Gebre-Egziabher and Peter Mackie 32 From integration to conviviality: Syrian refugees in London and Berlin 307 Deena Dajani 33 National and local orders in the response to Venezuelan forced migration in Colombia: perspective from urban settings 314 Carolina Moreno, Gracy Pelacani and Laura Dib-Ayesta 34 The value of mayors in urban displacement settings: the case of Amman, Jordan 319 Yousef Al Shawarbeh (Mayor of Amman) and Samer Saliba POEM: NOT FOR HIM THE FIERY LAKE OF THE FALSE PROPHET BY MARTÍN ESPADA NARRATIVE: MARKETS OF DISPLACEMENT BY LUIGI ACHILLI AND KIM WILSON PART VI SOLUTIONS 35 Putting people back into place 331 Cathrine Brun 36 Rethinking solutions in never-ending displacement: what are the alternatives? 349 Cathrine Brun, Anita H. Fábos, Maha Shuayb and Nicholas Van Hear in conversation 37 Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda 362 Eria Serwajja and Hilde Refstie 38 Displacement limbo: durable solutions for IDPs in Georgia and Ukraine 376 Sean Loughna with Olga Ivanova and Julia Kharasvili 39 The shifting grammar of durable solutions in Latin America 388 Marcia Vera Espinoza POEM: I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU DEAD BY MARTÍN ESPADA NARRATIVE: RETURN AFTER INTERRUPTED MIGRATION CYCLES BY MAYBRITT JILL ALPES PART VII LIVED EXPERIENCES: THE VIEWS OF REFUGEES AND PRACTITIONERS REFUGEES 40 Narrative: life in South Africa: irresistible soft power meets the hard reality 412 Barnabas Ticha Muvhuti 41 Narrative: we escaped in seconds … it then takes four years to become a refugee 414 Hassan Hersi 42 Narrative: a Malawian in South Africa – the good and the bad 416 Mwaona Nyirongo 43 Narrative: I have always felt like I am not a forced migrant … enough 418 Yuliia Kabanets 44 Narrative: when a new chapter in my life began as a ‘forced migrant’ 420 Saida Azimi 45 Narrative: the second time I became a refugee 423 Zabihullah Barakzai PRACTITIONERS 46 Narrative: a few thoughts about UNHCR and the UN 426 Joel Boutroue 47 Narrative: a discredited model of refugee response 431 Jeff Crisp 48 Narrative: a more realistic conversation on solutions 434 Ninette Kelley 49 Narrative: moving beyond emergency assistance 438 Renata Dubini 50 Narrative: forced migration – a personal view 439 Richard Danziger PART VIII THE FUTURE 51 Responsibility and trust: using digital technologies in forced migration 443 Evan Easton-Calabria 52 Conclusion: a call for ethical standards in forced migration research 461 Nassim Majidi and Karen Jacobsen Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful book analyzes the evolution of the operational tasks and cooperation of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX), the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (EUROPOL). Exploring the recent expansion of the legal mandates of these decentralized EU agencies and the activities they undertake in practice, David Fernández-Rojo offers a critical assessment of the EU migration agencies.The book identifies two key trends in the administration of the European Area of Freedom, Security and Justice. Fernández-Rojo discusses how on one hand the new legal frameworks of FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL stress that their operational roles are limited to providing national authorities with technical assistance, while on the other hand these agencies are increasingly involved in guaranteeing the enforcement of EU migration, asylum and border management measures. The book expertly illustrates how FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL establish an effective and uniform national implementation of laws and policies, with a focus on their multilateral cooperation in the hotspots established in the aftermath of the refugee crisis.Examining the de jure and de facto operational powers and cooperation of EU migration agencies, this book will be critical reading for academics and students of law, international relations and political science. Its assessment of the effectiveness of policy implementation will also be beneficial for legal practitioners, policy makers and NGOs.Trade Review‘This book offers an insightful analysis of the de jure and de facto operational powers and cooperation of FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL. It evidences a thorough and detailed mapping of the developing role of these agencies in a complex and highly sensitive political context, as well as the legal and other issues this entails. It is therefore a great addition to the library of any scholar interested in EU agencies in the field of migration, asylum and border management and -- related issues.’– Annick Pijnenburg, CML Review‘This book is based on thorough research and a solid empirical-legal -- methodology and offers a critical analysis that is at the same timeappropriately nuanced.’– Mariana Gkliati, EU Law Live'In this detailed and precise guide, the author traces how Europe's border, police, and asylum agencies are evolving in an interactive system of governance. EU Migration Agencies maps out lines of authority, pathways of power, and unexpected feedback loops.' -- - David Scott FitzGerald, University of California, San Diego, US'David Fernández-Rojo has produced an excellent and invaluable book on a topic of great importance and complexity, namely the evolution of the operational tasks and cooperation of three key agencies in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: FRONTEX, EASO and EUROPOL. His comparative analysis offers crucial insights to understand central aspects for the future of the European Union such as the Schengen area, the Common European Asylum System or the so-called hotspots.' -- - Diego Acosta, University of Bristol, UKTable of ContentsContent: 1. Introduction to Frontex, EASO and Europol as Operational Decentralized Agencies 2. The Establishment and Initial Operational Role of Frontex, EASO and Europol 3. The Reinforced Operational Tasks of Frontex, EASO and Europol and the Impact of their Activities on the Ground 4. Bilateral and Multilateral Operational Cooperation among Frontex, EASO and Europol 5. Limitations to the Reinforced Operational Tasks and Cooperation of Frontex, EASO and Europol 6. Conclusions and Perspectives: An Integrated Administration of Border Management, Migration and Asylum Matters in the EU Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis*Winner of the International Political Sociology book award for 2023*What does it mean when humanitarianism is the response to death, injury and suffering at the border? This book interrogates the politics of humanitarian responses to border violence and unequal mobility, arguing that such responses mask underlying injustices, depoliticise violent borders and bolster liberal and paternalist approaches to suffering. Focusing on the diversity of actors involved in humanitarian assistance alongside the times and spaces of action, the book draws a direct line between privileges of movement and global inequalities of race, class, gender and disability rooted in colonial histories and white supremacy and humanitarian efforts that save lives while entrenching such inequalities. Based on eight years of research with border police, European Union officials, professional humanitarians, and grassroots activists in Europe's borderlands, including Italy and Greece, the book argues that this kind of saving lives builds, expands and deepens already restrictive borders and exclusive and exceptional identities through what the book calls humanitarian borderwork.Trade ReviewPolly Pallister-Wilkins is the ideal guide on a journey to the front lines of contemporary debates about borders and immigration. Timely, thought-provoking, and well-written, Humanitarian Borders is a must read that exposes the disingenuous ways state violence at borders is repackaged as noble humanitarianism. -- Reece Jones, author of Violent Borders'Saving lives while taking lives is the perverse logic of global borders today,' writes Polly Pallister-Wilkins in her deft account of the intertwining of life and death, of policing and aid, of present 'crisis' and colonial hauntings, at the security frontline of today's borders. Humanitarian Borders is an engaging and thought-provoking contribution to our understanding of humanitarianism and to the wider quest for an alternative politics of mobility in the shadow of fences, camps and walls. -- Ruben Andersson, University of OxfordHumanitarian Borders crosses intellectual borders of international politics, decoloniality and migration to bring readers into an analysis of mobility injustice that may be uncomfortable, but is absolutely necessary. How does the need to help, justified by a primordial plea to 'save lives' become part and parcel of a branded effort to produce inequalities amongst the helpers and the helped? Decolonizing humanitarian borders is urgently needed and this book is an excellent place to start. -- Lisa Ann Richey, coauthor (with Alexandra Cosima Budabin) of Batman Saves the Congo: How Celebrities Disrupt the Politics of Development

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Book SynopsisThe global political economy is currently in the midst of a refugee crisis, one that is complex and that remains poorly researched and under-theorized within both economics and political science. There is little understanding of the many diverse political, economic and geographical situations that led to it, and refugees are all too often included in the category of forced migrants. Refugee Crisis and Third-World Economies provides a much-needed corrective to such blind spots and oversimplifications. The ten chapters written by eminent scholars offer a unique interdisciplinary investigation into the complicated ramifications of the refugee crisis. It identifies the major socio-political factors that create refugee crises, including political instability, unemployment, a lack of GDP growth, and a lack of medical facilities. It offers unique insights into the crisis’s economic impact on asylum countries. It discusses how relevant states, UN agencies, NGOs, and refugees themselves can work together to improve the lot of refugees. And perhaps most importantly, it provides detailed empirical investigations into specific refugee groups and their struggle for legal assistance, socio-political recognition, and personal stability. For its theoretical rigor and granular empirical insights, this book is essential reading for both researchers and policymakers working on refugee crises worldwide.Table of ContentsSection I: Theoretical Framework of Refugee Crisis Chapter 1: Why Refugee Generates? An Empirical Perspective; Sourav Kumar Das, Kishor Naskar and Chandra Sekhar Sahu Chapter 2: Eco-political Stability and Refugee Crisis: Some Queries; Tonmoy Chatterjee Section II: Climate Refugees Chapter 3: Environmental Refugees: A Humanitarian Crisis in India and Bangladesh; Nidhi Chowdhary Chapter 4: Problems of Refugee and the Climate Change; Debesh Bhowmik Section III: Refugee Crisis and Economical Concern Chapter 5: Global Refugee Crisis: A Quantitative Approach with Focus on Major Producing and Hosting Countries; Arundhati Bhattacharya Chapter 6: Impact of Refugees on Host Developing Countries; Bhajan Chandra Barman Section IV: Major Refugee Crisis in India Chapter 7: A Socio-economic Study of the Choedhelling Tibetan Settlement in Miao; Arunachal Pradesh. Sabina Yasmin Chapter 8: An Insight into the Immediate Crisis of Ecological Refugees: A Retrospective Study on Tehri Dam Project; Chhatradhar Das and Raunak Das Chapter 9: Chakma Refugees in Arunachal Pradesh: Their Inclusion and Setback; Kallol Debnath and Kunal Debnath Chapter 10: Life of the Afghan Refugee Women in Delhi Region: Highlighting Their Miserable Conditions and Possible Legal Assistance; Shusneha Sarkar

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Book SynopsisBlackwell looks at the role of political conflict in creating refugees and introduces us to the vital importance of politics in the therapeutic context. In his discussion of forced migration and cultural transitions, he describes some of the essentials of working cross-culturally, and attunes the therapist to the influence of their own political and cultural context. This is a concise book with many complex issues introduced succinctly and outlined clearly. It ends with chapters on working with interpreters, advocacy and welfare issues, supervision, and a comprehensive list of references and resources.'- Bereavement Care'It is most welcome to come across this easy-to-read book directed at those with responsibility for counselling or offering psychotherapy to recently arrived immigrants. Although primarily aimed at therapists, as a very broad introduction to working with refugees, it contains material relevant to social workers and health care professionals. This text does succeed in setting out a broad. introduction to the major themes of therapeutic work with refugees.'- British Journal of Social Work'This excellent book has been written by a psychotherapist and supervisor with many years' experience at the medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture, and he explains clearly and concisely the issues experienced by refugees, as well as the different areas of concern for counsellors and psychotherapists working with them. I can wholeheartedly recommend this useful, easy to read, concise and intelligently written book for anyone interested in this area of work.'- Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal'It is rare to me to read a book in one sitting. But this slim volume more than inspires the concentration and deserves the investment. Do not be put off if you are working directly with refugees. Without doubt, the book fulfils its description as an essential tool to help counselors and psychotherapists engage with the experiences of persecution, violence and exile often faced by refugees. But the book also doubles as a concise and accessible framework for describing the role of psychotherapy in the modern world where `identity' is so problematic that an understanding of the political and cultural context is central to the task. Dick Blackwell has based the book on the work undertaken at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and Organized Violence where he has worked for over 16 years. His experience shines through the straightforward accessible prose with numerous nuggets of wisdom and common sense all delivered in a direct style that manages to avoid the dangers of a polemic. But what makes the book such a gem is his belief, and presumably his experience, that even in the face of appalling atrocity, a willingness to connect, to respect and to learn can build the interpersonal structure where healing can take place.' - Therapeutic Community Journal'The different experiences of refugees and therapists are documented in separate sections, which make it easy to read. I also like the fact that the author addresses the important and often overlooked challenges of working with interpreters and the dilemma for therapists of becoming advocates. These ongoing challenges are clearly outlined and discussed in a straightforward manner, with useful insights given from the author's own experience. The book is written in a factual and easy-to-follow manner and is accessible enough to be used as a tool in the therapy process as it could be given to a client to enable them to understand the experience of psychotherapy. I found this book to be extremely useful, well laid out and a good basic manual to have on hand when trying to understand the experiences of refugees. I would highly recommend this book as a reference for those working with refugees and as a basic information pack for those who are training or preparing to begin psychotherapy work with refugees.' - Community CareThis concise book is an essential tool to help counsellors and psychotherapists understand and engage with the experiences of persecution, violence and exile often faced by refugees. Dick Blackwell's unique framework is based on work carried out at the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. It offers a flexible approach to the special circumstances of displaced and traumatized clients from different cultural and political backgrounds. The author considers four levels of experience - political, cultural, interpersonal and intrapsychic - and explores each of these in relation to both the client and therapist. He also includes practical information on advocacy, supervision and working with interpreters.Trade ReviewCounselling and Psychotherapy with Refugees is clear, well-conceived, and does not overwhelm therapists trying to find their way in this complex field. Dick Blackwell, a psycho-dynamic psychoterapist and supervisor, has a wealth of experience gained through working with the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture and Organised Violence. His book provides therapists across modalities with an accessible framework as it concisely raises issues for us to reflect on while adapting our own way of working with such clients. -- Transactional Analysis JournalTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Part I - Setting the Scene: Openings and Engagements. 1 Who and what this book is for. 2 Counselling, psychotherapy and the refugee experience. 3. Assessment, suitability and adaptation. Part II - The Refugee's Experience. 4 Political level. 5. Cultural level. 6. Interpersonal level. 7. Intrapsychic level. Part III ­- The Therapist's Experience. 8. Political level. 9. Cultural level. 10. Interpersonal level. 11. Intrapsychic level. Part IV - Essential Additions: Completing the Picture. 12. Working with interpreters. 13. Advocacy - protection, asylum and welfare rights. 14. Supervision. 15. Summary. Appendix A: Further Reading. Appendix B: Resources. Index.

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Book SynopsisFor the last twenty years, Dr Hawa Abdi and her daughters have run a refugee camp on their family farm not far from Mogadishu which has grown to shelter 90,000 displaced Somalis: men, women, and children in urgent need of medical attention. As Islamist militia groups have been battling for control of the country creating one of the most dire human rights crises in the world, Dr. Abdi's camp is a beacon of hope for the Somalis, most of whom have no proper access to health care. She was recently held hostage by a militant groups who threatened her life and told her that because she's a woman she has no right to run the camp. She refused to leave.This is not just the story of a woman doctor in a war torn Islamic country risking her life daily to minister to thousands of desperate people, it's also an inspiring story of a divorced woman and her two daughters, bound together on a mission to rehabilitate a country.Trade ReviewA remarkable story of tenacity in dire circumstances. - The Bookseller

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Book SynopsisTo the charity workers, Dadaab refugee camp is a humanitarian crisis; to the Kenyan government, it is a 'nursery for terrorists'; to the western media, it is a dangerous no-go area; but to its half a million residents, it is their last resort. Situated hundreds of miles from any other settlement, deep within the inhospitable desert of northern Kenya where only thorn bushes grow, Dadaab is a city like no other. Its buildings are made from mud, sticks or plastic, its entire economy is grey, and its citizens survive on rations and luck. Over the course of four years, Ben Rawlence became a first-hand witness to a strange and desperate limbo-land, getting to know many of those who have come there seeking sanctuary. Among them are Guled, a former child soldier who lives for football; Nisho, who scrapes an existence by pushing a wheelbarrow and dreaming of riches; Tawane, the indomitable youth leader; and schoolgirl Kheyro, whose future hangs upon her education. In City of Thorns, Rawlence interweaves the stories of nine individuals to show what life is like in the camp and to sketch the wider political forces that keep the refugees trapped there. Lucid, vivid and illuminating, here is an urgent human story with deep international repercussions, brought to life through the people who call Dadaab home.

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Book SynopsisAn invaluable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling, a key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies. Presenting the deeply moving personal life stories of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees in Nairobi, Kenya alongside an analysis of the process in which they creatively engaged with two Bible stories - Daniel in the Lions' Den (Old Testament) and Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (New Testament) - Sacred Queer Stories explores how readings of biblical stories can reveal their experiences of struggle, their hopes for the future, and their faith in God and humanity. Arguing that the telling of life-stories of marginalised people, such as of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, affirms embodied existence and agency, is socially and politically empowering, and enables human solidarity, the authors also show how the Bible as an authoritative religious text and popular cultural archive in Africa is often used against LGBTQ+ people but can also be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.Trade ReviewSacred Queer Stories is a daring exposition of the relationship between LGBTQ+ experiences and religious stories that need to be further explored. Aside from recounting personal stories, the text has become an indispensable landmark for alternative interpretations of religious texts in Africa that position such texts as friendly and corrective rather than horrific and repelling -- African Studies Quarterly[A] remarkable example of academic research that centers the decolonization and democratization of a field of knowledge and its creators. * Reading Religion *In Sacred Queer Stories the authors reflect deeply on their positionality as white, UK-based scholars holding a power imbalance with their African participants. They distance themselves from the "white saviour" attitude of many scholars and activists from the Global North, and honour the work of LGBTQ+ African grassroots activists." -- Aminata Cécile Mbaye and Marc Epprecht * Canadian Journal of African Studies *Table of ContentsForeword, by Stella Nyanzi Introduction PART I: UGANDAN LGBTQ+ REFUGEE LIFE STORIES Story 1: It's my nature, this is who I am Story 2: It's not like heaven here Story 3: Here we are free to express ourselves without fear Story 4: I consider this as my new family Story 5: Personally, I think God is gay Story 6: Angels don't have a gender Story 7: God loves me more than they love me Story 8: I just wanted an opportunity to express myself Story 9: I was chased away from the garden of heaven Story 10: First and foremost, I want to be a free person Story 11: God has a purpose for us all Story 12: God doesn't make mistakes PART II: INTER-READING UGANDAN LGBTQ+ LIFE STORIES AND BIBLE STORIES 1. Inter-reading Life Stories and Bible Stories 2. Daniel in the Homophobic Lions' Den Poem: 'The Company of Men!', by Tom Rogers Muyunga-Mukasa 3. Jesus and the Guys Charged with Indecency Poem: 'Accused of a Sodomy Act', by Tom Rogers Muyunga-Mukasa 4. Reflection: A Postcolonial and Self-reflexive Reading Conclusion

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Book SynopsisAn invaluable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling, a key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies. Presenting the deeply moving personal life stories of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees in Nairobi, Kenya alongside an analysis of the process in which they creatively engaged with two Bible stories - Daniel in the Lions' Den (Old Testament) and Jesus and the Woman Caught in Adultery (New Testament) - Sacred Queer Stories explores how readings of biblical stories can reveal their experiences of struggle, their hopes for the future, and their faith in God and humanity. Arguing that the telling of life-stories of marginalised people, such as of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, affirms embodied existence and agency, is socially and politically empowering, and enables human solidarity, the authors also show how the Bible as an authoritative religious text and popular cultural archive in Africa is often used against LGBTQ+ people but can also be reclaimed as a site of meaning, healing, and empowerment. The result of a collaborative project between UK-based academics and a Nairobi-based organisation of Ugandan LGBTQ+ refugees, the book provides a valuable insight into the narrative politics and theologies of LGBTQ+ life-storytelling. A key text for those in African Humanities, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, and Refugee Studies, among others, the book expresses an innovative methodology of inter-reading queer life-stories and biblical stories.Trade ReviewSacred Queer Stories is a daring exposition of the relationship between LGBTQ+ experiences and religious stories that need to be further explored. Aside from recounting personal stories, the text has become an indispensable landmark for alternative interpretations of religious texts in Africa that position such texts as friendly and corrective rather than horrific and repelling -- African Studies Quarterly[A] remarkable example of academic research that centers the decolonization and democratization of a field of knowledge and its creators. * Reading Religion *In Sacred Queer Stories the authors reflect deeply on their positionality as white, UK-based scholars holding a power imbalance with their African participants. They distance themselves from the "white saviour" attitude of many scholars and activists from the Global North, and honour the work of LGBTQ+ African grassroots activists." -- Aminata Cécile Mbaye and Marc Epprecht * Canadian Journal of African Studies *Table of ContentsForeword, by Stella Nyanzi Introduction PART I: UGANDAN LGBTQ+ REFUGEE LIFE STORIES Story 1: It's my nature, this is who I am Story 2: It's not like heaven here Story 3: Here we are free to express ourselves without fear Story 4: I consider this as my new family Story 5: Personally, I think God is gay Story 6: Angels don't have a gender Story 7: God loves me more than they love me Story 8: I just wanted an opportunity to express myself Story 9: I was chased away from the garden of heaven Story 10: First and foremost, I want to be a free person Story 11: God has a purpose for us all Story 12: God doesn't make mistakes PART II: INTER-READING UGANDAN LGBTQ+ LIFE STORIES AND BIBLE STORIES 1. Inter-reading Life Stories and Bible Stories 2. Daniel in the Homophobic Lions' Den Poem: 'The Company of Men!', by Tom Rogers Muyunga-Mukasa 3. Jesus and the Guys Charged with Indecency Poem: 'Accused of a Sodomy Act', by Tom Rogers Muyunga-Mukasa 4. Reflection: A Postcolonial and Self-reflexive Reading Conclusion

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Book SynopsisInsiders/Outsiders, published to accompany a UK-wide arts festival of the same name in 2019, examines the extraordinarily rich and pervasive contribution of refugees from Nazi-dominated Europe to the visual culture, art education and art-world structures of the United Kingdom. In every field, émigrés arriving from Europe in the 1930s - supported by a small number of like-minded individuals already resident in the UK - introduced a professionalism, internationalism and bold avant-gardism to a British art world not known for these attributes. At a time when the issue of immigration is much debated, the book serves as a reminder of the importance of cultural cross-fertilization and of the deep, long-lasting and wide-ranging contribution that refugees make to British life.Contributions by: Richard Aronowitz, Harriet Atkinson, Michael Berkowitz, Morwenna Blewett, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Charmian Brinson, Andrew Chandler, Hans Christian Hönes, Leyla Daybelge, Rachel Dickson, Keith Holz, Amanda Hopkinson, Shauna Isaac, Swantje Kuhfuss-Wickenheiser, Simon Lake, Sarah MacDougall, Anna Müller-Härlin, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Anna Nyburg, Michael Paraskos, Antony Penrose, Alan Powers and Daniel SnowmanTrade Review"The volume is an essential contribution to understanding the enrichment these refugees – whether passing through or settling – brought to Britain as their influence and legacy continues to reverberate in the twenty-first century." – Marina Vaizey, The Burlington MagazineTable of ContentsForeword by Norman Rosenthal; Introduction by Daniel Snowman; Part 1: Émigré Contributions to the Visual Arts; Part 2: Art Education and Scholarship; Part 3: Publishers, Dealers and Collectors; Part 4: Places of Internment, Creativity and Sanctuary; Part 5: Key Supporters; Part 6: Patriotism and Group Identities; Reference: Chronology of Key Events 1933–1951; Notes; Select Bibliography; Contributors’ Biographies; Index; Image Credits; Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisMigrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour investigates one of the most under-examined aspects of the great migration crisis of our time. As millions seek passage to Europe in order to escape conflicts, repressive governments and poverty, their movements are enabled and actively encouraged by professional criminal networks that earn billions of dollars. Many of these smugglers carry out their activities with little regard for human rights, which has led to a manifold increase in human suffering, not only in the Mediterranean Sea, but also along the overland smuggling routes that cross the Sahara, penetrate deep into the Balkans, and into hidden corners of Europe''s capitals. But others are revered as saviours by those that they move, for it is they who deliver men, women and children to a safer place and better life. Disconcertingly, it is often criminals who help the most desperate among us when the international system turns them away. This book is a measured attempt, born of years of resea

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Book SynopsisUnpack my Heart with Words explores how literature can be used to help young victims cope with their experiences. The process of reading, discussing and rewriting carefully selected texts can have a significant therapeutic impact, as the young person identifies his or her own experience in the narrative. This book guides readers through all aspects of implementing biblio/narrative therapy with children and adolescents, from the importance of cultural sensitivity and understanding the psychological needs of the child to providing more practical information on how to choose the right text and encourage expression through the spoken and written word. It includes exercises for use in sessions, an analysis of the importance of symbol when working therapeutically with children, and a complete account of the ethics of good practice. Drawing on the author's innovative work with young asylum seekers and refugees, and with an overview of the latest research in creativity, language and memory, the book provides a comprehensive and practical resource on the use of literature to help young victims regain their dignity and overcome the overwhelmed hurt self.This book will be of immeasurable value to students and practitioners world-wide in arts and health care who work with traumatised young people, including counsellors, clinical psychologists, educational psychologists, teachers, psychotherapists and social workers.Trade ReviewThe stars of Unpack My Heart with Words are four survivors of war and abuse whose words thread through Marion Baraitser's narrative. Offering both theory and practice, she takes us on an insightful journey as she delicately encourages these traumatised young people to respond to selected literature through dialogue and writing. I have a better understanding now of the term 'therapeutic resilience' and huge admiration for the Baobab Centre, its community of young survivors and therapeutic workers. -- Beverley Naidoo, author of The Other Side of Truth, Carnegie Medal 2000[This] book explores the ways in which the combined activities of thinking with others about written stories, exploring feelings, ideas and memories that emerge and then writing on the themes explored, can help young people to process both destructive and nourishing experiences... I hope that its publication will lead to others learning the skills to work in such an energetic, careful and creative way with young refugees and asylum seekers in various contexts. -- from the foreword by Sheila Melzak, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and Executive and Clinical Director of Baobab CentreAs a theatre practitioner and writer, currently working with issues of asylum, I found this book to be helpful and stimulating as well as beautifully written. It provides insightful, creative and intelligent ways of working with traumatised young people. -- Clare SummerskillThis book has a sense of straddling continents of theory and practice... Marion Baraitser has been working at the Baobab Centre as a writer-in -residence. She details her work, experiences and a critical perspective on many aspects of using words with young people who have had unique early lives, involving some or all of the following: warfare, receiving and/or perpetrating violence, abandonment, racism, identity crisis, dislocation, poverty and surviving without parents or carers. Baraitser visits relevant areas of consideration when working with this client group, including the nature of trauma and its effects on brain development; culture, age, gender and reading level of participants; sensitive choice of materials; many examples of world literature and exercises, which will be useful to other practitioners and topics such as collective cultural identity, groupwork, incorporating drama, 'performed language' and music... There is much that is transferable within this book for all 'words for wellbeing' practitioners...The particular stories and voices of the children are valuable in this volume... It is worth taking time with this complex and deep examination, not least as a reflexive tool to measure ourselves as facilitators against Baraitser's experienced account of a writer practicing with a traumatised and vulnerable client group. -- Claire Williamson * Lapidus Journal *Table of ContentsForeword by Sheila Melzak. Introduction. Part 1. Terror and Telling: Entering the Young Asylum Seeker's World. 1. War trauma, abuse, and the interrupted narrative. 2. Linking external and internal worlds. 3. Self-narration and identity: therapeutic writing that reconstructs and connects. 4. 'I am neither here nor there': living in two cultures. Part 2. Mapping the Terrain. 5. Healing words have history. 6. Approaches. 7. Processes. 8. The key: selecting books. 9. Core competencies: training and organisations. 10. Ethics and good practice. Part 3. Derring-do: Entering the Symbolic World. 11. Trauma and word-play. 12. Accessing trauma through images, symbols, and metaphors. 13. Dreams and fantasies in trauma. 14. Fairy tales and myths: therapeutically 'storied pain'. 15. Using poems and stories in developmental reading/writing. Part 4. Social Dynamics. 16. The value of commonality and community. 17. Group skills. Part 5. Brain Works: Putting your Mind to It. 18. The creative brain: trauma, memory, and narrative. 19. The brain, literature and trauma. Part 6. Mapping the Research: the Efficacy of Writing on Trauma: an Evaluation. 20. Controlled laboratory studies and 'real world' projects. 21. Interapy: therapy online, future research.

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Book SynopsisIn September 2015 the world woke up to the fact that people seeking refuge from war and persecution were drowning by their thousands in the Mediterranean. From sub-Saharan Africa and conflicts across the Middle East bodies moved, died or survived. Alison Phipps and Tawona Sitholé were working together in Ghana at the time, which is where this conversation in poetry began. In an echoing call and response they offer words for these times of war; ways of wondering what it means to resist; to suffer with; to bear witness; to seek companionship; to be part of the agony of a family made in love, and parting, separated by land, sea and paperwork. Alison Phipps is UNESCO Chair in Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts; Professor of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Glasgow; and Co-Convener of Glasgow Refugee, Asylum and Migration Network. Tawona Sitholé is a Zimbabwean writer and musician. He is Poet in Residence with the UNESCO Chair programme of Refugee Integration through Languages and the Arts at the University of Glasgow and is co-founder of Seeds of Thought, which promotes creative writing and performance. This is a confluence of voices inspired by seemingly different, yet very similar, experiences, which forms a wholesome body that flows smoothly, massaging all your five senses. Chirikure Chirikure, poet, Harare, ZimbabweA special offering from two gifted lovers of the Word. The Word as a healer's bittersweet medicine for troubled hearts and minds. The Word as nourishing sounds and voices that take us back to ancestral time. Kofi Anyidoho, poet and Professor of Literature, University of GhanaBeautiful, heart-warming, poignant. I totally recommend this book. Amal Azzudin, Glasgow Girl and human rights activistLuminous, beautiful and sore. Poetry that is lyrical and tender, wounded and elegiac, probing and incantatory. And above all else life-affirming. Karine Polwart, Scottish singer-songwriter

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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 Synopsis'In clear and utterly compelling English, this moving memoir tells the story of the agony, and the ecstasy, of one refugee - and of every refugee. A must read for anyone interested in the triumph of Afghanistan's spirit over its seemingly endless suffering'. Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles, British Ambassador to Afghanistan, 2007-2010 Flight From Afghanistan is a harrowing account of what drives a man to flee his home country in fear of his life, the trauma of refugee camps and the dangers he faces even when he reaches the sanctuary of the West. Afghans are the second largest refugee group in the world. When confronted by certain death at the point of a gun, Tella Omeri, an uneducated boy from a peasant family knew he had no alternative but to put his life in the hands of ruthless human traffickers, living on his wits and instincts. His 11-year flight, which began as a six-year- old child, is a story combining brutality with courage, hopelessness with resilience. The author asks for no pity, but in his short story he seeks to explain the motivation behind his decisions and paints a radically different picture of life in a troubled region, challenging world leaders and domestic warring factions to find a solution to the endless conflict. While thousands of refugees flee conflict and danger every day, Flight from Afghanistan shines a powerful light on what it actually means to undertake such a journey, and gives a voice to the often forgotten silent victims of the long running wars in the author's home country. * 'Afghan refugees represent one of the world's largest protracted refugee populations. Over the past four decades, many have been forced from their homes to never see them again. Some were able to return, for a while, but had their lives upended by a fresh eruption of conflict and violence - either to be displaced elsewhere in the country, or to become refugees yet again'. Amnesty International * 'Afghanistan is the world's least peaceful country'. Institute for Peace and Economics, June 2019 Tella Omeri now lives in the UK as a British Citizen with his wife and children.

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Book SynopsisThe legal and humanitarian response to the world's growing population of refugees and migrants has created more awareness of not only the physical but also the psychological needs of displaced peoples. Refugees are often the forgotten victims of war violence and political upheaval, subjected to the traumatic loss of family and home and the consequent deterioration of cultural identity as they seek asylum in other countries.Ditty Dokter is joined by contributors from a number of multicultural backgrounds, in a volume examining the issues surrounding intercultural arts therapies as a means of working with clients who are refugees and migrants. The role of art, music, dance, and drama in healing the effects of trauma and restoring the sense of cultural and personal identity is discussed, emphasising the need for sensitivity to cultural differences in practice. The ultimate aim is to promote more awareness of intercultural issues in an attempt to build a broader framework for arts therapy practice.Trade ReviewIf, as an art therapist, you work with refugees or victims of political violence and war, this is a most invaluable book. If you are willing to look at the world from a different point of view, ponder your own assumptions, and enter into an enriching discussion of culture, then this is a fascinating, delightful book. If you feel stirrings to perform radical acts of restoration, connection and creativity in the world around you, then Arts Therapists, Refugees and Migrants: Reaching Across Borders is an inspiring book that will leave you reassured, hope-filled, and looking for places to perform radical acts of art therapy. -- Art TherapyThis significant book consists of 15 essays from arts therapists working in various ways with refugees, and as immigrants themselves...I recommend this book without reservation. It has relevance for counsellors, therapists and arts therapists who might need to examine their personal, professional and political attitude towards race and culture. In a society, a world which is ever more multi-cultural, this book is a must. -- CounsellingI wholeheartedly recommend this book to those who are students and practitioners of all helping services, particularly the arts therapies and all forms of non-verbal therapy. It enables us to reach beyond the boundaries of our lives and appreciate the many ways we may extend the boundaries of our cultural assumptions. -- R.M. Simon, President NIGAT, Honourary and Founder Member BAATTable of ContentsForeword, Dick Blackwell, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. Introduction, Ditty Dokter, University of Hertfordshire. 1. In limbo: movement psychotherapy with refugees and asylum seekers, Karen Callaghan, Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture. 2. Art therapy with asylum seekers . . . humanitarian relief, Truus Wertheim-Cahen, private practice. 3. Mourning rituals in non-verbal therapy with traumatised refugees, M. Zwart and L. Nieuwenhuis, `De Vonk'. 4. One step beyond: music therapy with traumatised refugees in a psychiatric clinic, Jaap Orth and Jack Verburgt, Phoenix project. 5. Between theatre and therapy: experiences of a dramatherapist in Mozambique, Helen Scott-Danter, private consultant. 6. A question of translation: Transporting art therapy to Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Debra Kalmanowitz, Grafton Primary School and Bobby Lloyd, Parkside Clinic. 7. Library project: `Step by step to recovery'. Creative sessions with children in war and post-wartime, Professor Marina Danev, City Library, Zagreb. 8. Being a migrant, working with migrants: issues of identity and embodiment, Ditty Dokter, University of Hertfordshire. 9. Inheritance: Jewish identity, art psychotherapy workshops and the legacy of the Holocaust, Dr Joy Schaverien, analytical art psychotherapist, private practice. Art therapy, race and culture: reaching for the peak, Caroline Case, private practice. 10. Dance movement therapy with South Asian women in Britain, Anusha Subramanyam, Academy of Indian Dance. 11. Intercultural dance, theatre and music as facilitators in creative arts therapy: a metacognitive experience, Terence Brathwaite, University of Birmingham. 12. Remembering: Intercultural issues in integrative arts psychotherapy, Jocelyn James, Central School of Speech and Drama. 13. The use of Israeli folksongs in dealing with women's bereavement and loss in music therapy, Dorit Amir, Bar-Ilan University, Israel. 14. Reaching for the peak: art therapy in Hong Kong, Caroline Case 15. On being a temporary migrant to Australia. Reflections on art therapy education and practice. Andrea Gilroy. Conclusion, Ditty Dokter. Inde

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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 SynopsisUnlike people who choose to migrate in search of new opportunities, refugees are compelled to leave their homeland. Typically, they are escaping war and persecution because of their ethnicity, their religion or their political beliefs. Since 1840, New Zealand has given refuge to thousands of people from Europe, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa. Refuge New Zealand examines New Zealand''s response to refugees and asylum seekers in an historical context. Which groups and categories have been chosen, and why? Who has been kept out and why? How has public policy governing refugee immigration changed over time? Aspects of New Zealand''s response to refugees and asylum seekers considered in the book include: the careful selection of refugee settlers to ensure they will "fit in;" the preference for "people like us" and the exclusion of so-called "race aliens;" the desire for children, especially orphans; responses to the increasing diversity of refugee intakes; the balance between humanitarian, economic and political considerations; and the refugee-like situation of Maori. As the book also shows, refugees and asylum seekers from overseas have not been the country''s only refugees. War, land confiscations and European settlement had made refugees of Maori in the nineteenth and early twentieth century, with displacement and land loss contributing to subsequent Maori social and economic deprivation.

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Book SynopsisWar in the Balkans in the 1990s displaced millions, including nearly 20,000 refugees from Bosnia-Herzegovina to the American city of St Louis. This text looks at the impact of the war and the reality of ""ethnic cleansing"" in the life of one extended Bosnian family in St Louis.

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Book SynopsisLike all refugees, Karl Hartland [Hannam] carried within himself his hidden identity as child refugee from Germany escaping the Holocaust, in which most of his family perished. Life experiences in the British Army, at Cambridge, and later returning to post-war Germany, brought with them conflict in terms of his sense of being an Englishman in contrast to his upper-class German-Jewish early upbringing. After experiencing the British class system in India and Burma, and coping with the Army's inherent virulent racism, post-war academic success introduced him to the other side of the class divide – first as a teacher at a posh prep school and later studying at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In this final volume of his biography trilogy (previous volumes: A Boy in Your Situation; Almost an Englishman, André Deutsch), Charles Hannam provides a telling account of the long-term effects of the refugee experience – and what made him an Outsider. It is compelling reading, especially for those who have experienced the wrench between cultures as part of the adjustment process of being forced to accommodate new values and behaviour as a refugee.Trade Review"A beguiling blend of satire on the private school system, more serious than Evelyn Waugh, more radical social-critical insights about the post-war world, reminiscent of Orwell." -- Edward Timms, Research Professor in German Studies and Director of the Centre for German-Jewish Studies at the University of SussexFrom reviews of the first two volumes: "One of the most exact accounts of early adolescence yet written, so unsentimental and precise that a good many men will recognise fragments of themselves at 13!" -- C. P. Snow in the Financial Times"The way he transposes casual circumstances, like holiday encounters, into the felt life of history, makes this a remarkably vivid account of all growing up." -- Margaret Meek in the Times Literary SupplementTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Traylen's; Stone Trough, York; Kim's, Worthing; Hall's, Tunbridge Wells; Arundel; Staffs, Lichfield; Baggins, Rochester; Camden, Bath; Petersfield; Howes, Hastings; Steedman, Newcastle; Tombland, Norwich; Gibb's, Manchester; Fifteenth Century, Lewes; Chapel Books, Westleton; Albion, Broadstairs; Halewood & Sons, Preston; Camilla's, Eastbourne; Brookes, Brighton; Sanctuary, Lyme Regis; Broadhurst, Southport; Castle, Colchester; Thornton's, Oxford; The Bookshop, Cambridge; Barely Read Books, Westerham; H. M. Gilbert & Son, Southampton; Academy, Southsea; Readers Rest, Lincoln; Portland, Leamington Spa; Sterling, Weston-super-Mare; Two islands; Murray & Kennett, Horsham; Treasure Trove, Leicester; Scarthin, Cromford; Rye Old Books; D'Arcy Books, Devizes; Eric T. Moore, Hitchin; Barter Books, Alnwick; Farewell to True Bookshops by John F. X. Harriott; Index.

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Book SynopsisThere has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries' approach to the 'right of return' of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. Such polar-opposite approaches can never resolve this difficult and longstanding humanitarian problem. By working collectively, the world's leading experts from Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Europe and the United States have developed a chessboard of proposed solutions. The volume in part reflects the polarization that exists on the issue, and in part moves away from the political slogans of both sides, toward concrete proposals for negotiating a comprehensive agreement.Trade Review"The editors note that the refugee debate is polarised between the Palestinian/Arab view that all refugees should be allowed to return to their original homes inside Israel, and the Israeli view that no refugees should return to Israel. The editors and contributors argue the case for 'realistic proposals for solving the refugee problem', but most of the contributors endorse at least in principle Palestinian maximal demands for a right of return... Shlomo Gazit is willing to financially compensate the refugees, but opposes any return to Israel... Yoav Gelber argues insightfully that the respective Palestinians and Israeli arguments about solutions are based on totally different cultural assumptions. The Israelis favour resettlement, which is the traditional European approach to refugee populations, while the Arabs favour repatriation, which is the traditional pattern in the Middle East." -- The Australian Jewish News.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Introduction: Traditional Positions and New Solutions; PART I: The Historical Background and the Right of Return' -- The Historical Background; Between the Right of Return and Attempts of Resettlement; From a Doctrine-Oriented to a Solution-Oriented Policy: The PLO's Right of Return,' 1964-2000; The Political Refugee Problem in the Light of the Peace Process; Early US Policy toward Palestinian Refugees: The Syria Option; Refugee Compensation: Responsibility, Recipients, and Forms and Sources; Refugee Compensation: Why the Parties Have Been Unable to Agree and Why it is Important to Compensate Refugees for Losses; Traditional Positions and New Solutions; Actual Repatriation: A Minimal Israeli Gesture; From Refugees to Citizens: A Regional Proposal; Palestinian Refugees in Jordan and National Identity, 1948--1999; Final Status Negotiations and Regional Co-operation; Refugee Resettlement in the Gaza Strip: Israeli Policy Revisited; Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon since 1982; The Future of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon; PART II: Policy Positions and Solutions -- Solving the Refugee Problem: An Israeli Point of View; A Predicament in Search of an Innovative Solution; The Historical Development of the Refugee Camps in Jordan; The Role of UNRWA: Refugee Statistics and UN Resolutions; A Jordanian Perspective; The Refugee Question and Human Rights; Obstacles and Opportunities: The Ideological Dimensions; The Economic Capacity of the Palestinian State to Absorb the Refugees: The Employment Perspective; How the Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish Publics Perceive the Issues; Index.

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Book SynopsisThere has been little progress on the refugee problem because of official Palestinian public positions, other Arab countries' approach to the 'right of return' of all Palestinian refugees, and the contrasting Israeli public policy of not allowing any refugees to return to Israel. Such polar-opposite approaches can never resolve this difficult and longstanding humanitarian problem. By working collectively, the world's leading experts from Arab countries, the Palestinian Authority, Israel, Europe and the United States have developed a chessboard of proposed solutions. The volume in part reflects the polarization that exists on the issue, and in part moves away from the political slogans of both sides, toward concrete proposals for negotiating a comprehensive agreement.Trade Review"The editors note that the refugee debate is polarised between the Palestinian/Arab view that all refugees should be allowed to return to their original homes inside Israel, and the Israeli view that no refugees should return to Israel. The editors and contributors argue the case for 'realistic proposals for solving the refugee problem', but most of the contributors endorse at least in principle Palestinian maximal demands for a right of return... Shlomo Gazit is willing to financially compensate the refugees, but opposes any return to Israel... Yoav Gelber argues insightfully that the respective Palestinians and Israeli arguments about solutions are based on totally different cultural assumptions. The Israelis favour resettlement, which is the traditional European approach to refugee populations, while the Arabs favour repatriation, which is the traditional pattern in the Middle East." -- The Australian Jewish News.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword by HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal of Jordan; Introduction: Traditional Positions and New Solutions; PART I: The Historical Background and the Right of Return' -- The Historical Background; Between the Right of Return and Attempts of Resettlement; From a Doctrine-Oriented to a Solution-Oriented Policy: The PLO's Right of Return,' 1964--2000; The Political Refugee Problem in the Light of the Peace Process; Early US Policy toward Palestinian Refugees: The Syria Option; Refugee Compensation: Responsibility, Recipients, and Forms and Sources; Refugee Compensation: Why the Parties Have Been Unable to Agree and Why it is Important to Compensate Refugees for Losses; Traditional Positions and New Solutions; Actual Repatriation: A Minimal Israeli Gesture; From Refugees to Citizens: A Regional Proposal; Palestinian Refugees in Jordan and National Identity, 1948--1999; Final Status Negotiations and Regional Co-operation; Refugee Resettlement in the Gaza Strip: Israeli Policy Revisited; Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon since 1982; The Future of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon; PART II: Policy Positions and Solutions -- Solving the Refugee Problem: An Israeli Point of View; A Predicament in Search of an Innovative Solution; The Historical Development of the Refugee Camps in Jordan; The Role of UNRWA: Refugee Statistics and UN Resolutions; A Jordanian Perspective; The Refugee Question and Human Rights; Obstacles and Opportunities: The Ideological Dimensions; The Economic Capacity of the Palestinian State to Absorb the Refugees: The Employment Perspective; How the Palestinian and Israeli-Jewish Publics Perceive the Issues; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe number of Internally Displaced Peoples, worldwide is staggering, far greater than officially recognized refugees. They number near the equivalent of the population of Canada, for instance. Refugee programs do not reach them. This book is a record of the camp and the efforts of a small town in Connecticut, USA, to help the people there.

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Book SynopsisA collection of images and writing by young refugees, who have been mentored by established and emerging London-based professional photographers.

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Book SynopsisIn 2015, ever more people from Africa and the Near East took flight and sought refuge in Europe. By the end of that year, some 1.8 million migrants had arrived in the EU, the vast majority across the Mediterranean. Since then, despite measures to host those fleeing the war in Syria in Turkey and to physically seal off some borders in Eastern Europe, refugee numbers to Europe have continued to top half a million annually. A mass migration on a scale not witnessed in modern times appears to be developing, presenting Europe with its greatest challenge of the 21st century. African Exodus places the emphasis firmly on the causes of the refugee crisis, which are to be found not least in Europe itself, and charts ways in which we might deal with it effectively in the long term. Asfa-Wossen Asserate asks why our view of Africa - a troubled continent, but rich in so many ways - remains distorted. How can we combat the corrupt, authoritarian regimes that stymie progress and development? Why are millions fleeing to Europe? How is the EU complicit in the migration crisis? And lastly, what can practically be done and what prospects does the future hold?

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Book SynopsisIn this new book, acclaimed photographer, Gideon Mendel, - performed a type of contemporary ethno-archaeology, evoking the camp resident's humanity through what was discarded. Visible ingrained dirt and ashes allow the viewer to sense the refugees' struggle to live ordinary lives under the most extraordinary circumstances. Mendel's alternative portraits of the Jungle residents are representative of the plight of displaced people across the globe. The book's title 'Dzhangal', is drawn from a Pashto word meaning 'This is the forest', the origin of the contentious term 'The Jungle'. The book will include over 40 photographs with texts by refugees, writer and broadcaster Paul Mason and art historian Dominique Malaquais.

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Book SynopsisThe voices of Moria Refugee Camp are unified in their grief. Homes, hope, and dignity are lost in amongst squalid living conditions and the omnipresent void where the illusion of salvation once lived. Based on true stories, The Five Stages of Moria, resurrects the largest refugee camp in Europe and allows readers to bear witness to the monolithic trauma held within. In this blend of autobiography and fiction, readers not only meet five distinct characters who must grapple with the five stages of grief, but also the reality of a camp, and a world, in which they would otherwise be forgotten.Trade Review'Elika Ansari’s The Five Stages of Moria could not have arrived at a more significant time in UK politics. Although it was written before the exposure of the egregious conditions at Manston, the parallels between the two camps are deeply chilling. As a former aid worker at Moria, Ansari writes herself into the book through the character Maryam. Even if you had not read the preface that outlines Ansari’s experiences, it is clear that this level of insight could only be achieved by someone who has spent years on the frontline. I feel that this work is best read as a piece of investigative journalism that explores the psychology and culture of one of the most notorious refugee camps. This work is far too real to be dismissed as fiction.'

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Book SynopsisA compelling series of drawings that documents the experiences of Syrian refugees the author met in Iraqi Kurdistan, Greece, France, Germany, Switzerland, and England.

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Book SynopsisAbdul is just 7 years old when his parents are killed before his eyes.As a brutal war sweeps Sudan, Abdul and his 3-year-old brother are forced to flee.Their gruelling journey across the Sahara to a refugee camp in Chad is fraught with danger, and every day is a struggle against hunger and disease.Until one day Abdul is offered a chance to escape. A chance that could save him, but will force him to make the most heartbreaking decision of his life.Abdul's death-defying flight leaves deep scars. But his affinity with animals provides a lifeline, when he is offered the chance to work with elite racehorses. Including one owned by the Queen.____________________________________________________'What Abdul has gone through is simply unimaginable. But his story shows the incredible power of sport to bring people together and help them to heal, even after the most appalling suffering.' CLARE BALDING'A lesson to us all in courage and hope' LORD DUBS, who escaped Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport in 1939

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Book SynopsisWith nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immigration rules. Bail hearings go unrecorded, people are picked up without notice, individuals feel abandoned in detention centres with no way of knowing when they will be released. In Refugee Tales III we read the stories of people who have been through this process, many of whom have yet to see their cases resolved and who live in fear that at any moment they might be detained again. Poets, novelists and writers have once again collaborated with people who have experienced detention, their tales appearing alongside first-hand accounts by people who themselves have been detained. What we hear in these stories are the realities of the hostile environment, the human costs of a system that disregards rights, that denies freedoms and suspends lives.

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Book SynopsisFor the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the persecution facing his people. ‘I am three years old and will have to grow up with the hostility of others. I am already an outlaw in my own country, an outlaw in the world. I am three years old, and don’t yet know that I am stateless.’ Habiburahman was born in 1979 and raised in a small village in western Burma. When he was three years old, the country’s military leader declared that his people, the Rohingya, were not one of the 135 recognised ethnic groups that formed the eight ‘national races’. He was left stateless in his own country. Since 1982, millions of Rohingya have had to flee their homes as a result of extreme prejudice and persecution. In 2016 and 2017, the government intensified the process of ethnic cleansing, and over 600,000 Rohingya people were forced to cross the border into Bangladesh. Here, for the first time, a Rohingya speaks up to expose the truth behind this global humanitarian crisis. Through the eyes of a child, we learn about the historic persecution of the Rohingya people and witness the violence Habiburahman endured throughout his life until he escaped the country in 2000. First, They Erased Our Name is an urgent, moving memoir about what it feels like to be repressed in one’s own country and a refugee in others. It gives voice to the voiceless.Trade Review‘Habiburahman’s book is a rare first-hand account of what the Rohingya have had to endure over the past few decades, and especially valuable because the events it describes took place long before most of the world had heard of them. Told in short, punchy chapters, written in an urgent present tense …’ -- David Eimer * The Spectator *‘Here is the first account by a Rohingya of the decades-long oppression of his people, as well as a memoir of his own journey. Chilling and eye-opening.’ * i *‘This is the gripping, chilling inside story of the incubation of a genocide. In a corner of Asia where hatred has raged for decades, Habib’s moving family history emerges as a powerful and, to my knowledge, unique historical document. His compelling storytelling relates how playground prejudice against the Muslim Rohingya of Arakan escalated into pogroms, terror, and apartheid. As he makes his arduous and dangerous escape, he writes “death is always snapping at our heels”. What an incredible story. There are many who, after the killing fields of Cambodia, Bosnia, or Rwanda have said “Never again”. It just did, in Burma, and here’s how.’ -- Jonathan Miller, Foreign Affairs Correspondent * Channel 4 News *‘Written in a simple style appropriate to the childhood it records, the memoir is a devastating testimony of persecution.’ -- David McKechnie * The Irish Times *‘The book is written in simple language and tells the story without embellishment. There is no need for flourishes; it is relentless.’ -- Gay Alcorn * The Guardian *‘Habiburahman is a vivid storyteller … It is a book that should be read the world over until the Rohingyas get justice … An essential read.’ -- Liam Heylin * Irish Examiner *‘An astonishing story … a moving read.’ -- Paul Ross, talkRADIO‘The remarkable first personal account from a Rohingya of his people’s persecution in Burma.’ * i *‘The greatest barriers to stories such as Habiburahman’s being heard, though. Are invalidation and indifference. Do not be indifferent to this urgent, humane book. Read it, share it, talk about what has been happening — and in so doing safeguard the humanity of Habiburahman, the Rohingya and all asylum seekers, as well as the imperilled humanity of this country.’ -- Maria Takolander * The Saturday Paper *‘[First, They Erased Our Name] tells the first-hand truth behind the global humanitarian crisis.’ * Business Standard *‘For the first time, Habib’s book gives written voice to the history of fate and his people who have been left stateless in their own country. Habib’s own story is an odyssey of danger, resistance, torture and courage.’ -- James Taylor * Surf Coast Times *‘Compelling.’ -- Robyn Douglass * SA Weekend, starred review *‘Habiburahman was a boy when Myanmar outlawed his ethnic group, the Rohingya, stripping its members of citizenship and turning them into a stateless people. His book is a rare account of growing up during the subsequent catastrophe for the Rohingya … a useful addition to the literature of human rights abuses.’ * Kirkus Reviews *

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Book SynopsisFrom July to November 2021, Little Amal, a 3.5m-high puppet created by Handspring Puppet Company ('War Horse') will travel 8,000km from the Syria-Turkey border along the established refugee route through Europe to the UK, ending at the Manchester International Festival. With 100 theatrical events in 65 cities, along the way, 'The Walk' will be the world's largest live performance and its aim is to celebrate the contribution that migrants and refugees make to the cultures and communities through which they pass and to the countries in which they find a new home.With an introduction by Nizar Zuabi (artistic director of Good Chance) and an afterword by David Lan (formerly of The Young Vic and one of the producers of 'The Walk'), The Long Walk with Little Amal is the official companion book to a cross-border collaboration on a magnificent scale. The journey is documented by award-winning photojournalist Andre Liohn and contributing essayists include: PEN International Writer of Courage Samar Yazbek (Syria); prize-winning Turkish-Kurdish novelist Burhan Sonmez (Turkey); Greek-Armenian literary and crime writer Petros Markaris (Greece); Prix Goncourt-winning author and film director Philippe Claudel (France); Children's Laureate Cressida Cowell (UK); crime writer Olivier Norek whose fiction has been set in Calais' The Jungle (France); and bestselling author Timur Vermes (Germany).

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Book SynopsisThis book focuses on the stories of Syrians who have found refuge in Wales, based on their own oral testimonies. They were recorded as part of a research project undertaken by Cardiff University and Amgueddfa Cymru- National Museum Wales. Moving away from their home country has resulted in a break from their past lives and a rupture from their histories and cultures. One of the aims of the project was to help them connect their past to their present and give them a sense of belonging. Their histories are now part of Welsh history.

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