Refugees and political asylum Books

Book SynopsisDisplacement is one of the most pressing issues facing humanity, and it will become more so in the coming years as climate change and the impact of the coronavirus increase the extent of forced migration. The author confronts this head on with a set of realistic policy recommendations.Trade ReviewAlexander Betts' book demonstrates his indefatigable commitment to addressing the predicaments of contemporary refugee protection... This work is as significant for the agenda it sets as for the results it reports. [He] makes a compelling case that interdisciplinary analysis of refugee economies has a central place in the future of refugee studies. * David Owen, Times Higher Education *[An] informative account of contemporary refugee policy. * Nicolas van de Walle, Foreign Affairs *A timely and thought-provoking contribution to refugee policy literature ... The Wealth of Refugees represents an important work by a leading scholar in the field and it will no doubt be highly influential in shaping the future of global refugee policy in coming years. * Maria O'Sullivan, Australian Book Review *A thoughtful contribution to the literature of humanitarian aid. * Kirkus *Alexander Betts grapples with one of the key dilemmas in global politics: how to sustainably protect refugees. Drawing upon extensive research in East Africa, this book provides fresh and powerful insights into the effectiveness of measures aimed at promoting 'self-reliance'. It is a must-read for anyone interested in remedies to the challenges of displacement. * Andrew Geddes, Chair in Migration Studies and Director of the Migration Policy Centre, European University Institute *In this excellent book, Alexander Betts juxtaposes two ideas not usually connected — wealth and refugees. He shows how, with the right approach, refugees can sometimes thrive rather than merely survive. He challenges everyone interested in improving the lives of refugees to balance principle with pragmatism in navigating a complex political landscape. * Raouf Mazou, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations, the UN Refugee Agency *An admirably lucid, evidence-based, and solution-oriented engagement with the economic lives of forced migrants. One does not have to agree with Betts to learn from his deep and broad expertise on one of the most critical social justice issues of our time. * Jacqueline Bhabba, Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Harvard University *Works by political scientists often aspire to combine interdisciplinary sophistication, methodological pluralism, political realism, and cogent policy analysis. In this incisive analysis of policies for refugee self-reliance, Alexander Betts achieves all four objectives. * Robert O. Keohane, Emeritus Professor of International Affairs, Princeton University *People who migrate for safety also participate in the economy. They and their children toil, learn, create, and invest. The more policy is designed to unleash their potential contribution, the more material benefit they bring to the places they go. This book explains numerous specific experiences of how to do that, compellingly told by one of the world's foremost experts. * Michael Clemens, Director of Migration, Displacement, and Humanitarianism, and Senior Fellow, the Center for Global Development (CGD) *Table of Contents1. Introduction PART I: ETHICSDLWHAT IS RIGHT? 2. The Search for Sustainability PART II: ECONOMICSDLWHAT WORKS? 3. Refugee Economies 4. The Limits of Urbanization 5. Uganda: The Right to Work and Freedom of Movement 6. Kalobeyei: A Market-Based Settlement Model 7. Dollo Ado: The Private Sector and Border Development PART III: POLITICSDLWHAT PERSUADES? 8. The Politics of Refugee Rights 9. Uganda: A Political History of Refugee Self-Reliance 10. Kenya: How Turkana County Turned Refugees Into An Asset 11. Ethiopia: Conditionality and the Right to Work PART IV: POLICYDLWHAT NEXT? 12. Building Borderland Economies 13. Beyond Africa: The Syrian and Venezuelan Refugee Crises 14. Refugees, COVID-19, and Future Trends 15. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisWhy do decision-makers in similar liberal democracies interpret the same legal definition in very different ways? International law provides states with a common definition of a ''refugee'' as well as guidelines outlining how asylum claims should be decided. Yet, the processes by which countries determine who should be granted refugee status look strikingly different, even across nations with many political, cultural, geographical, and institutional commonalities. This book compares the refugee status determination (RSD) regimes of three popular asylum seeker destinations - the United States, Canada, and Australia. Despite similarly high levels of political resistance to accepting asylum seekers across these three states, once asylum seekers cross their borders, they access three very different systems. These differences are significant both in terms of asylum seekers'' experience of the process and in terms of their likelihood of being found to be a refugee. The book moves beyond the Trade ReviewThis book makes an important and original contribution to the scholarly literature, especially the literature on refugees but also the broader literature on the administrative state. It shows how consequential different institutional arrangements and legal/political cultures can be. I know of no other research that has opened up the black box of the state to examine the inner dynamics of the process of refugee determination. Hamlin does so in a way that is persuasive and illuminating. Anyone who works on refugees, whether in political science or law, will want to read this book. * Joseph H. Carens, University of Toronto *Hamlin gives us a highly original account of the politics of asylum-seeking, focusing on constitutional law and administrative practice in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. An excellent piece of scholarship and a timely book, Let Me Be a Refugee will quickly become a classic and a must-read for anyone interested in refugee policy. * James F. Hollifield, Tower Center, SMU *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements ; List of Abbreviations ; Part One ; Chapter I - Let Me Be a Refugee ; Chapter II - Building a Cross-National Comparison of RSD Regimes ; Chapter III - 'Illegal Refugees' and the Rise of Restrictive Asylum Politics ; Part Two ; Chapter IV - Courting Asylum: The Judicialization of Refugee Status Determination in the United States ; Chapter V - The 'Cadillac' Bureaucracy: Refugee Status Determination in Canada ; Chapter VI - The Battle of the 'Bouncing Ball': Refugee Status Determination in Australia ; Part Three ; Chapter VII - Asylum for Women: Reading Gender into the Refugee Definition ; Chapter VIII - Escaping the People's Republic: Chinese Asylum Claims in Three RSD Regimes ; Chapter IX - Complementary Protection in a Complicated World ; Part Four ; Chapter X - Asylum Seeker Blues and the Globalization of Law ; Appendix: List of Interviews ; Bibliography

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Book SynopsisExamines the lives of women who have forged a new community in a shantytown on the outskirts of Khartoum, the largely Muslim, heavily Arabized capital in the north of the country. This book examines the way women's bodies are politicized by their displacement, analyzing issues such as religious conversion, marriage, and female circumcision.

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Book SynopsisExamines the lives of women who have forged a new community in a shantytown on the outskirts of Khartoum, the largely Muslim, heavily Arabized capital in the north of the country. This book examines the way women's bodies are politicized by their displacement, analyzing issues such as religious conversion, marriage, and female circumcision.

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Book SynopsisAn ethnographic study of African American-Latino community relationships in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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Book SynopsisPapers from a workshop organized by the National Bureau of Economic Research and held at Cambridge, MA, on 27 April 2018.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A thoroughly researched, compellingly written, and moving analysis of the political geographies of Palestinian and Syrian refugees in Jordan. Taking the twin lenses of territory and belonging, it critically interrogates dominant theorizations of these ideas, providing political, historical, and ethnographic depth to the analysis. It is an important and politically urgent book." -- Stuart Elden, University of Warwick"A masterful account of the impact of displacements in Jordan, Palestine, and Syria. Culcasi theorizes territory as shaped through a sense of geographic belonging at multiple scales outside and beyond the nation-state nexus. A must-read." -- Reece Jones, author of "White Borders and Nobody Is Protected""Displacing Territory is a powerful and deeply sympathetic analysis of displaced Syrians’ and Palestinians’ attachment to their homeland, that territorial imaginary shaped and reshaped by history over the centuries. They all share the sense of physical displacement while carrying their imagined territory, that homeland, in their conscious understanding of their identity and belonging.” -- Dawn Chatty, University of OxfordTable of ContentsList of Figures Introduction Chapter 1: Displacing the Study of Territory Chapter 2: The International Refugee Regime, Durable Solutions, and Territory Chapter 3: Territory and Displacement in Jordan Chapter 4: Pre-imperial and Anti-imperial Territories Chapter 5: Hybrid Territories Chapter 6: The State-Territory Nexus Chapter 7: Refugee Camp Territories Conclusions Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Forever 17 is outstanding, original, impeccably researched, and eminently engaging. With deep ethnographic engagement, humanity, and lucid prose, Bialas brings razor-sharp intellect to demystify the seemingly neutral category of age, debunking the taken-for-granted naturalness of social categories and revealing their complexity, ambiguity, and malleability. This brilliant contribution has enormous theoretical significance and will have a lasting impact on policy debates about the asylum system and beyond. I highly recommend it, especially to anyone open to having their assumptions challenged." -- Cecilia Menjívar, University of California, Los Angeles"This ethnography of young asylum seekers in Germany shows how a process that might seem obvious—defining a person’s age and its meaning—is a wobbly social construction erected by architects with competing visions. Bialas is a perceptive observer of the conflicts, mutual adjustments, and unintended consequences." -- David Scott FitzGerald, coauthor of The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach“This brilliant and incisive ethnographic study unpacks how to determine eligibility fairly under conditions of great demand. Bialas profoundly understands a crunch point at which global demand for opportunity confronts local desires to limit access, and explores all the ambiguities, ambivalences, and indeterminacy that follow. This is a must-read in terms of both the ‘bureaucratic incorporation’ of immigrants and the liminal lives so generated.” -- John Mollenkopf, CUNY Graduate Center

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Forever 17 is outstanding, original, impeccably researched, and eminently engaging. With deep ethnographic engagement, humanity, and lucid prose, Bialas brings razor-sharp intellect to demystify the seemingly neutral category of age, debunking the taken-for-granted naturalness of social categories and revealing their complexity, ambiguity, and malleability. This brilliant contribution has enormous theoretical significance and will have a lasting impact on policy debates about the asylum system and beyond. I highly recommend it, especially to anyone open to having their assumptions challenged." -- Cecilia Menjívar, University of California, Los Angeles"This ethnography of young asylum seekers in Germany shows how a process that might seem obvious—defining a person’s age and its meaning—is a wobbly social construction erected by architects with competing visions. Bialas is a perceptive observer of the conflicts, mutual adjustments, and unintended consequences." -- David Scott FitzGerald, coauthor of The Refugee System: A Sociological Approach“This brilliant and incisive ethnographic study unpacks how to determine eligibility fairly under conditions of great demand. Bialas profoundly understands a crunch point at which global demand for opportunity confronts local desires to limit access, and explores all the ambiguities, ambivalences, and indeterminacy that follow. This is a must-read in terms of both the ‘bureaucratic incorporation’ of immigrants and the liminal lives so generated.” -- John Mollenkopf, CUNY Graduate Center

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Book SynopsisAs a leading country in global refugee resettlement, Canada operates a unique program that allows private groups and individuals to sponsor refugees. This innovative approach has received growing international attention, but there remains a need for a more expansive understanding of the sponsorship framework and its potential implications within Canada and across the world. Strangers to Neighbours explains the origins and development of refugee sponsorship, paying particular attention to the unintended consequences and ethical dilemmas it produces for refugee policy. The contributors to this collection draw upon law, social science, and philosophy to bring a more robust and objective perspective on Canada''s historical experience with sponsorship into wider conversations about the refugee crisis and resettlement. Together, they present recent cases that exemplify how the model has been applied and how it functions, while also analyzing the challenges that emerge in host-sponsor relatioTrade Review"There is both a hunger and a need for a book of this depth and breadth on the topic of private sponsorship given the current global interest in the role of community sponsors in resettlement. The chapters in Strangers to Neighbours provide a rich and varied overview of private sponsorship from numerous perspectives, making a significant contribution to our surprisingly shallow understanding on the subject." Michaela Hynie, York University"The contributors to this edited collection—scholars and practitioners with expertise in law, social science, and philosophy—provide a rich and varied overview and assessment of the success and sustainability of PRS. In 15 relatively short chapters, these authors tackle a number of topics: the legislative framework and historical trajectory of PRS; the relationship between private sponsors and government; the integration and relationship-building aspects of refugee sponsorship; and the risks and unintended consequences of resettlement, including ethical dilemmas that PRS creates with respect to broader/global refugee protection goals." Choice

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Book SynopsisThe Precarious Lives of Syrians reveals the vulnerability and insecurity that Syrian refugees confront in Turkey, including their socio-legal status, living conditions, and mobility. Drawing on legal and scholarly materials, as well as extensive field research, it provides a thoughtful and compelling appraisal of the experience of migration.Trade Review"Turkey hosts the largest refugee community in the world today and the Syrian refugee issue has far-reaching implications across that country. This book, with its succinct overview of Syrian refugees in that country and its vivid description of the socio-economic conditions of refugees in cities and host communities, is a welcome and long overdue effort." Cenk Saraçoglu, Ankara University and author of Kurds of Modern Turkey: Migration, Neoliberalism and Exclusion in Turkish Society“[The Precarious Lives of Syrians] is distinguished in its presentation of an understanding of precarity that is different from the one in reference to industrial or post-Fordist capitalism in the West. Whereas the definition of precarity is usually limited to employment conditions, this book aims to provide a larger definition and show aspects of precarity namely inherent to migration. It does so by taking a perspective from the case of Turkey as a country that is currently developing its migration system with the arrival of a very important number of refugees. It thus constitutes a rich resource for students and scholars who are interested in delving into the topic of forced migration within the fields of social sciences, especially in the case of Turkey.” International Migration“A vital read – not only for those with an interest in the plight of Syrian refugees, but also for all those concerned about the ‘death of asylum’ as a concept and practice, and the ‘discursive disappearance of the refugee’ or erosion of the idea that people who seek asylum may be refugees. While the authors certainly document a bleak situation for many Syrians in Turkey, they also provide glimpses of strength of Syrians who continue to build their lives in the face of challenges, in solidarity with each other as well as with Turkish citizens.” Journal of Refugee Studies

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Book SynopsisTurkey now hosts the largest number of Syrian refugees in the world, more than 3.6 million of the 12.7 million displaced by the Syrian Civil War. Many of them are subject to an unpredictable temporary protection, forcing them to live under vulnerable and insecure conditions.The Precarious Lives of Syrians examines the three dimensions of the architecture of precarity: Syrian migrants'' legal status, the spaces in which they live and work, and their movements within and outside Turkey. The difficulties they face include restricted access to education and healthcare, struggles to secure employment, language barriers, identity-based discrimination, and unlawful deportations. Feyzi Baban, Suzan Ilcan, and Kim Rygiel show that Syrians confront their precarious conditions by engaging in cultural production and community-building activities, and by undertaking perilous journeys to Europe, allowing them to claim spaces and citizenship while asserting their rights to belong, to Trade Review"Turkey hosts the largest refugee community in the world today and the Syrian refugee issue has far-reaching implications across that country. This book, with its succinct overview of Syrian refugees in that country and its vivid description of the socio-economic conditions of refugees in cities and host communities, is a welcome and long overdue effort." Cenk Saraçoglu, Ankara University and author of Kurds of Modern Turkey: Migration, Neoliberalism and Exclusion in Turkish Society“[The Precarious Lives of Syrians] is distinguished in its presentation of an understanding of precarity that is different from the one in reference to industrial or post-Fordist capitalism in the West. Whereas the definition of precarity is usually limited to employment conditions, this book aims to provide a larger definition and show aspects of precarity namely inherent to migration. It does so by taking a perspective from the case of Turkey as a country that is currently developing its migration system with the arrival of a very important number of refugees. It thus constitutes a rich resource for students and scholars who are interested in delving into the topic of forced migration within the fields of social sciences, especially in the case of Turkey.” International Migration“A vital read – not only for those with an interest in the plight of Syrian refugees, but also for all those concerned about the ‘death of asylum’ as a concept and practice, and the ‘discursive disappearance of the refugee’ or erosion of the idea that people who seek asylum may be refugees. While the authors certainly document a bleak situation for many Syrians in Turkey, they also provide glimpses of strength of Syrians who continue to build their lives in the face of challenges, in solidarity with each other as well as with Turkish citizens.” Journal of Refugee Studies

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Book SynopsisVoluntary and Forced Migration in Latin America provides a unique comparative analysis of the migration legislations of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Mexico, thoroughly interrogating the national and regional mechanisms that facilitate both voluntary and forced migration, and affect migrant and refugee rights.

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Book SynopsisRefugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators and historians. The Right to Research offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear.Trade Review“This ambitious and exciting volume makes a critical intervention in the processes of historical silencing and upsets conventional understandings of historical scholarship. The book reminds us that refugees have not been afforded the right to write history; this is a powerful, poignant, rightfully challenged assertion, and this assertion is timely – if not now, when?” Joanna Tague, Denison University and author of Displaced Mozambicans in Postcolonial Tanzania: Refugee Power, Mobility, Education, and Rural Development

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Book SynopsisRefugees and displaced people rarely figure as historical actors, and almost never as historical narrators and historians. The Right to Research offers a critical reflection on what history means, who narrates it, and what happens when those long excluded from authorship bring their knowledge and perspectives to bear.Trade Review“This ambitious and exciting volume makes a critical intervention in the processes of historical silencing and upsets conventional understandings of historical scholarship. The book reminds us that refugees have not been afforded the right to write history; this is a powerful, poignant, rightfully challenged assertion, and this assertion is timely – if not now, when?” Joanna Tague, Denison University and author of Displaced Mozambicans in Postcolonial Tanzania: Refugee Power, Mobility, Education, and Rural Development

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Book SynopsisBalgopal and contributors explore ideas and skills that help human service workers, social workers, helping professionals, and policymakers deepen their understanding of newly arrived immigrants and refugees.Trade ReviewThe United States has always been considered a land of immigrants, but since the massive increase in immigration in the late 1980s, when the number of incoming refugees doubled, this cliche has become very real. This massive influx of people requires a variety of social work services to help immigrants adapt to their new land, and this book is designed for those who must fill this need. Journal of Social Work Education Rich in demographic information regarding Asian immigration to the United States and the issues many face once havin arrived. -- Marshall Jung, Riverside, California Journal of American Ethnic HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Pallassana R. Balgopal Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees: An Overview, by Pallassana R. Balgopal Social Work Practice with Asian Americans, by Jayashree Nimmagadda and Pallassana R. Balgopal Social Work Practice with Latino American Immigrants, by John F. Longres and Davis G. Patterson Social Work Practice with African-Descent Immigrants, by E. Aracelis Francis Social Work Practice with European Immigrants, by Howard Jacob Karger and Joanne Levine Refugees in the 1990s: A U.S. Perspective, by Nazneen S. Mayadas and Uma A. Segal Conclusion, by Pallassana R. Balgopal Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisBalgopal and contributors explore ideas and skills that help human service workers, social workers, helping professionals, and policymakers deepen their understanding of newly arrived immigrants and refugees.Trade ReviewThe United States has always been considered a land of immigrants, but since the massive increase in immigration in the late 1980s, when the number of incoming refugees doubled, this cliche has become very real. This massive influx of people requires a variety of social work services to help immigrants adapt to their new land, and this book is designed for those who must fill this need. Journal of Social Work Education Rich in demographic information regarding Asian immigration to the United States and the issues many face once havin arrived. -- Marshall Jung, Riverside, California Journal of American Ethnic HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction, by Pallassana R. Balgopal Social Work Practice with Immigrants and Refugees: An Overview, by Pallassana R. Balgopal Social Work Practice with Asian Americans, by Jayashree Nimmagadda and Pallassana R. Balgopal Social Work Practice with Latino American Immigrants, by John F. Longres and Davis G. Patterson Social Work Practice with African-Descent Immigrants, by E. Aracelis Francis Social Work Practice with European Immigrants, by Howard Jacob Karger and Joanne Levine Refugees in the 1990s: A U.S. Perspective, by Nazneen S. Mayadas and Uma A. Segal Conclusion, by Pallassana R. Balgopal Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisRather than focusing on specific groups, this book takes a pancultural perspective that focuses on the common experiences of refugees and immigrants. The author focuses on empirically-based practice approaches; assessment and intervention techniques that have been scientifically validated. Based on this approach the book presents the best practice for each problem area.Trade ReviewA very comprehensive text... written from the heart... It represents a milestone in social work literature. Social Work Review This book is a solid contribution to the social work literature...Best Practices is a complete reference on the subject... -- Willie Tolliver Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services I recommend this book...a succint and accessible style -- Douglas Durst Journal of International Migration and Integration Read this book, assign it to your students, buy copies for practitioners in your community-based-organizations... It is an excellent guidebook. Journal of Community PracticeTable of ContentsPart 1: Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants 1. Introduction 2. Immigration and Refugee Policies 3. Service Delivery Systems Part 2: Best Practices 4. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice 5. Health 6. Mental Health 7. Family Dynamics 8. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being 9. Interethnic Relations 10. Summary and Conclusions

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Book SynopsisProtection Amid Chaos follows Palestinians living in refugee camps in Lebanon and Jordan as they develop binding claims on assets and resources in challenging spaces. Nadya Hajj shows how they adapt flexible though legitimate property rights claims based on legal knowledge retained from their homeland to the restrictions of refugee life.Trade ReviewNadya Hajj asks an important question - namely, why and how do property rights get institutionalized in "transitional" contexts? With so many places in the world characterized by unpredictability and uncertainty, this question resonates far beyond the Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon and Jordan. Based on a treasure trove of data from in-depth interviews and original documents, among other sources, Hajj traces the evolution of property rights in the camps over time, showing how they evolved from informal understandings of ownership to formal legal claims as Palestinians sought greater predictability in their lives. These strategies, however, had ambiguous effects: On the one hand, the formalization of property rights afforded refugees a measure of protection. On the other, they exposed them to greater control by external actors such as the Jordanian state, the Lebanese military, and the Palestinian Fatah. Hajj's impressive work sheds light on a critical and enduring question of great consequence for macro-level development outcomes and for micro-level concerns of people living in uncertain conditions. -- Melani Cammett, Harvard University Hajj has written an outstanding book on the politics of Palestinian property rights in the refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon. With careful precision, Hajj documents the circumstances that resulted in the degree of Palestinian property rights formalization across the various camps. The book masterfully documents the debates and strategic considerations confronting dislocated and dispossessed Palestinians as they began to build local communities in their new settings. -- Amaney A. Jamal, Princeton University With unprecedented numbers of displaced people across the Middle East, this book provides a timely and powerful analysis of how refugee communities seek to establish and enforce property rights in conflict and transitional settings. Drawing on her extensive research in Palestinian refugee camps in Jordan and Lebanon, the author combines rich empirical documentation with original theoretical insights. Essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how refugee communities adapt to insecure environments. -- Jeannie Sowers, The University of New HampshireTable of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations and Translations Note on Arabic Transliteration Introduction 1. A Theory of Property Right Formation in Palestinian Refugee Camps 2. Crafting Informal Property Rights in Fawdah 3. Formal Property Rights in Refugee Camps in Jordan 4. Formal Property Rights in Refugee Camps in Lebanon 5. Renegotiating Property Rights in Nahr al-Bared Camp Conclusion Appendix A: Titles from NBC and Beddawi in Arabic with English Translations Appendix B: Research Methods Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants offers an update to this comprehensive guide to social work with foreign-born clients and an evaluation of various helping strategies and their methodological strengths and weaknesses. It incorporates the latest research to provide a practical, up-to-date resource.Trade ReviewBest Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants is a valuable primer for human service professionals. The authors thoughtfully consider the best ways to intervene while accounting for the clients’ cultural factors and life histories. Moreover, the authors attend to meso- and macro-level issues, which are essential for improving programs and policies. I can’t think of a better time for this much-needed second edition. -- Edward J. Alessi, Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyBringing together new research findings from a wide range of sources, this book provides the tools needed for effective and compassionate social work with refugees and immigrants—in the areas of health care, mental health, family services, economic self-sufficiency, advocacy, and policy—in support of their full integration into their new communities. -- Yolanda C. Padilla, University of Texas at AustinSubstantive, well-organized, reader-friendly, and comprehensive, a timely pancultural overview of policy issues that serve as the context for social work practice with immigrants. -- Jessica Rosenberg, Long Island University BrooklynBest Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants presents the context and complexity of migration along with guidelines for practical, systematic, and socially just intervention approaches. This essential and comprehensive resource for social workers provides information, identifies issues in the journey from entry to integration, and recommends best practices for service provision. -- Uma A. Segal, University of Missouri-St. LouisTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I. Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants 1. Introduction2. International Migration Policies3. United States Immigration and Refugee Policies4. Human Services Delivery SystemsPart II. Problem Areas and Best Practices 5. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice6. Health Issues7. Mental Health8. Family Dynamics9. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being10. Intergroup Relations11. Additional Populations of Concern12. Summary and ConclusionsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThe second edition of Best Practices for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants offers an update to this comprehensive guide to social work with foreign-born clients and an evaluation of various helping strategies and their methodological strengths and weaknesses. It incorporates the latest research to provide a practical, up-to-date resource.Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPart I. Context for Social Work with Refugees and Immigrants 1. Introduction2. International Migration Policies3. United States Immigration and Refugee Policies4. Human Services Delivery SystemsPart II. Problem Areas and Best Practices 5. Culturally Competent Social Work Practice6. Health Issues7. Mental Health8. Family Dynamics9. Language, Education, and Economic Well-Being10. Intergroup Relations11. Additional Populations of Concern12. Summary and ConclusionsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis book is a groundbreaking international history of Palestinian refugee politics. Anne Irfan demonstrates that refugee groups are important actors in global politics, not simply aid recipients, and recasts modern Palestinian history through the lens of refugee camps and communities.Trade ReviewThis book constitutes an original and thoroughly researched contribution to the study of both the interaction of international bodies, notably UNRWA, with the Palestine question, and of the agency of Palestinians, whether camp dwellers or the PLO, in relation to these bodies. It is one of the most fine-grained studies extant of UNRWA’s work and of its role as a quasi-state. -- Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017With exemplary clarity and care, Irfan tells the story of how the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees became a significant locus for Palestinian national politics—for articulating what it means to be a Palestinian refugee and what it means to be a Palestinian. This is an excellent and original book. -- Benjamin Thomas White, author of The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East: The Politics of Community in French Mandate SyriaAnne Irfan’s study of UNRWA from its inception to the 1970s is both very timely and an important contribution to fields such as refugee studies, Palestinian history, and the history ofinternational institutions...I strongly recommend the book. -- Jørgen Jensehaugen * Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) *Regrettably timely...a riveting historical overview of the lives and experiences of Palestinians in the UNRWA camps. -- Marc Lynch * Abu Aardvark *Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsNote on Transliteration and TranslationAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart I. Remaking Refugeehood1. Becoming Refugees2. From Refuge to Revolution3. An International RegimePart II. Resisting the Regime4. Palestinian Perceptions5. Agents of the Nation6. Palestine at the UNEpilogue: Resistance After RevolutionAppendix A: Palestinian Refugee FiguresAppendix B: Palestinian Refugee CampsGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisOne woman''s heart-breaking, life-affirming memoir of loss, survival, bearing witness and a legacy of love''Landbridge has forever altered what I know, how I love, and what I hope'' Madeleine Thien, author of Do Not Say We Have Nothing ''A masterpiece to console and guide generations to come'' Alice Pung, author of Unpolished GemBorn in, and named after, Thailand''s Khao-I-Dang refugee camp, Y-Dang Troeung was - aged one - the last of 60,000 Cambodian refugees admitted to Canada, fleeing her homeland in the aftermath of Pol Pot''s brutal Khmer Rouge regime. In Canada, Y-Dang became a literal poster child for the benevolence of the Canadian refugee project - and, implicitly, the unknowable horrors of the place she had escaped.In Landbridge, a family and personal memoir of astonishing power, Y-Dang grapples with a life lived in the shadow of pre-constructed narratives. She considers the transactional relationship between a host country and its refugees; she delves into the contradictions between ethnic, regional and national identities; and she writes to her young son Kai with the promise that this family legacy is passed down with love at its core.Written in fragmentary chapters, each with the vivid light of a single candle in a pitch-black room, Landbridge is a courageous piece of life writing, the story of a family, and a bold, ground-breaking intervention in the way trauma and migration are told. Trade ReviewY-Dang Troeung's presence feels so alive in these pages, where wonder and sorrow, motherhood and history trace one another across time, and unspool the shape of our present. Landbridge has forever altered what I know, how I love, and what I hope -- Madeleine Thien, author * Do Not Say We Have Nothing *Landbridge is the most courageous act of love from an academic who has pared back all the pretensions of academia, a writer who understands the true gift of voice and interrogates who gets to 'gift' it, a book that illuminates with laser-bright insight the duty of the 'survivor.' Y-Dang's wisdom, stoicism and brilliance survive in this masterpiece to console and guide generations to come -- Alice Pung, author * Unpolished Gem *Landbridge is the most unforgettable book I've read in years, a work of astounding humanity and honesty in the face of unimaginable grief. It is no small undertaking, to wrestle with the generational toll of genocide, migration, upended pasts and unreachable futures, yet this is what Y-Dang Troeung does. In their totality, the fragments that make up this memoir are a vital, visceral reminder that, across all manner of tragedy and violence and even time, we are bound to one another by love. For all the pain it charts and of which its author manages to make meaning, Landbridge is, above all else, a love story, one that will be remembered -- Omar El Akkad, Giller-prize winning author * This Strange Paradise *Landbridge is among the most profound and heartbreaking accounts to emerge from the Cambodian diaspora. Y-Dang Troeung weaves a complex narrative that speaks to the unceasing traumas of war and dislocation. Each of the fragments rendered here shimmers like a small jewel, at once spare and prismatic. Equal parts memoir, history and love letter, the collection as a whole is nothing less than a tapestry of life itself, made more beautiful and precious because it is wrought from the salvaged pieces of all that is broken. A rare and stunning achievement that deserves its place in the literary canon -- Vaddey Ratner, author * In the Shadow of the Banyan *Heartbreaking, courageous and exceptional - after finishing Landbridge you will want to call everyone you know to tell them to please start reading. You will tell them it is a matter of urgency. This rare book by Y-Dang Troeung is unforgettable -- Linn Ullman, author * Unquiet *Y-Dang Troeung is a great ancestor to whom we owe our reverence. Her gift to us is the art of reclamation that renders infinite futures possible. Troeung's legacy is a refugee lifeworld - powerful in its creation, fearless in its scholarship, and eternal in its love. Landbridge is a torch that we must pass on to every generation. The story of her life is an extraordinary fire in my heart -- Monica Sok, author * A Nail the Evening Hangs On *

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"African Refugees seeks to evaluate and negotiate the redefinitions, reevaluations, and reconstructions of the phenomenon of refugees, foregrounding the people in an African experience. It goes deeper than most existing books as it emphasizes "a new dawn" or change in the topicality and subject matter in refugee writings via a historical perspective that is overshadowed by expected topics such as human rights, policy frameworks, refugee protection, and durable solutions; as well as less-studied topics such as refugee youths, refugee camps, urban refugees, and refugee women. It takes on rare but emergent topics, such as citizenship and the creativity of African refugees. It tells the African refugee story from the long historical past through current developments, covering the full range of experience from the causes of flight to living in exile, and it maintains a persistent focus on the complicated search for solutions."—Fenda A. Akiwumi, University of South Florida"This voluminous work takes an all-inclusive decolonial approach to the study of forced migration, causes and consequences, refugees in Africa and the diaspora, humanitarian studies, and rethinking futuristic approaches to solving the crises."—Ogenga Otunnu, DePaul UniversityTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsList of AcronymsAcknowledgementsMapsPrefacePart I: Context1. Refugeehood in Africa2. Refugee Studies3. African Refugee Studies4. Human Rights Instruments on African Refugees5. States and Policy FrameworksPart II: Making Refugees6. Colonialism and the Production of Refugees in Africa7. Postcolonial Politics, Wars and African Refugee Problems8. Internal Displacement in AfricaPart III: Displaced Lives9. Refugee Camps and Settlements in Africa10. Urban Refugees11. African Refugee Women: Gendering Policy and Protection12. African Refugee Youth13. Hope in Displacement: Refugees and Cultures of CreativityPart IV: Protection and Solutions14. Refugee Protection and Management15. Durable Solutions and the Crisis of Development16. Home, Return and Post-RelocationPart V: Conclusion17. Citizenship, Rights and Development18. The Future: Ending Africa's Refugee CrisisBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A novel account of the politics of humanitarianism in Lebanon, especially in its choice to examine the lived experiences of both displaced citizens as well as migrants and refugees."—Kelsey Norman, author of Reluctant Reception"This sensitive account of humanitarian responses to aging emergencies and repeated crises in Lebanon offers vital insights into the global and local politics of aid. Estella Carpi's careful ethnographic attention to the dynamics of aid provision reveals the complex ways people live with and against each other in humanitarian settings."—Ilana Feldman, George Washington University"Carpi's book reminds us that displacement is not merely a humanitarian issue—as the crisis rubric wants us to think—but it entails class, race, and labor politics, all aspects that the humanitarian system does not aim to address yet acts on"—Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut"Estella Carpi provides a much needed and timely ethnography of humanitarianism in Lebanon. Her book is an excellent resource for scholars and practitioners who wish to understand how humanitarian crises are produced, enacted, managed and perpetuated in conflict-ridden environments through everyday discourses and practices"—Tamirace Fakhoury, Aalborg University and Sciences PoTable of ContentsFunding AcknowledgmentNote to ReaderIntroduction1. The Politics of Displacement in Lebanon2. Lebanon's Assistance Landscape3. Politicizing Aid and Moralizing Politics: Old Formulas, New Scenarios4. Ethnocracies of Care and Order5. Humanitarian Distances and the "Southist" Need to Be There6. The Trojan Horses of HumanitarianismAppendix: Key Dates in Lebanon's Political HistoryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A novel account of the politics of humanitarianism in Lebanon, especially in its choice to examine the lived experiences of both displaced citizens as well as migrants and refugees."—Kelsey Norman, author of Reluctant Reception"This sensitive account of humanitarian responses to aging emergencies and repeated crises in Lebanon offers vital insights into the global and local politics of aid. Estella Carpi's careful ethnographic attention to the dynamics of aid provision reveals the complex ways people live with and against each other in humanitarian settings."—Ilana Feldman, George Washington University"Carpi's book reminds us that displacement is not merely a humanitarian issue—as the crisis rubric wants us to think—but it entails class, race, and labor politics, all aspects that the humanitarian system does not aim to address yet acts on"—Sari Hanafi, American University of Beirut"Estella Carpi provides a much needed and timely ethnography of humanitarianism in Lebanon. Her book is an excellent resource for scholars and practitioners who wish to understand how humanitarian crises are produced, enacted, managed and perpetuated in conflict-ridden environments through everyday discourses and practices"—Tamirace Fakhoury, Aalborg University and Sciences PoTable of ContentsFunding AcknowledgmentNote to ReaderIntroduction1. The Politics of Displacement in Lebanon2. Lebanon's Assistance Landscape3. Politicizing Aid and Moralizing Politics: Old Formulas, New Scenarios4. Ethnocracies of Care and Order5. Humanitarian Distances and the "Southist" Need to Be There6. The Trojan Horses of HumanitarianismAppendix: Key Dates in Lebanon's Political HistoryBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Moving beyond applied ethnomusicology into what the author describes as 'critical activist ethnomusicology' the study describes and critiques the diverse ways that different players in the refugee camps engage music and related arts to display layers of power dynamics."—Jean Kidula, author of Music in Kenyan Christianity: Logooli Religious Song

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Moving beyond applied ethnomusicology into what the author describes as 'critical activist ethnomusicology' the study describes and critiques the diverse ways that different players in the refugee camps engage music and related arts to display layers of power dynamics."—Jean Kidula, author of Music in Kenyan Christianity: Logooli Religious Song

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hosting States and Unsettled Guests unpacks the complex temporalities of migration. Temporal discombobulation begins under repressive rule in Eritrea. In Ethiopia, refugees' briefly-regained agency is lost in the face of sluggish humanitarian bureaucracy, and troubled relations with the unstable host country. In deftly documenting refugee agency, precarious journeys, and the systemic odds migrants encounter, Riggan and Poole make tremendous contributions to refugee studies and studies of the contemporary Horn of Africa."—Awet T. Weldemichael, Queen's University-Canada, author of Author of Piracy in Somalia."In this exemplary ethnography, replete with vivid details and theoretical nuance, Riggan and Poole analyze how Eritrean refugees weather Ethiopia's shifting paradigms of refugee management and pursue pragmatic visions of their possible futures in a time of political and economic instability. This book is a deft and absorbing piece of anthropological and international scholarship."—Lesley Bartlett, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Co-Editor of Humanizing Education for Refugee and Immigrant Youth"The book provides detailed, nuanced, and critical perspectives on some of the most important challenges of refugee life and refugee policy today: what it means to live as a refugee, how to work with host countries in the global south to ensure refugee's rights and needs are met, how to design education and economic opportunities for refugees, and how to ensure refugees' hopes and dreams for the future are not cruelly disregarded or undermined."—Lauren Carruth, author of Love and Liberation"In a detailed ethnography that profoundly reconceptualizes time and temporality, Riggan and Poole show us the political reality and predicament of life and struggle in refugee camps in northern Ethiopia. This book is a welcome contribution to the field of forced migration studies."—-Shahram Khosravi, author of Precarious Lives: Waiting and Hope in Iran"Through the moving stories that they collected between 2016 and 2019, Riggan and Poole's engaging ethnography traces the fate of Eritrean refugees in a very unstable Ethiopia. The authors brilliantly examine how temporality (and not just spatiality) plays key roles in understanding Eritrean refugees' everyday lives in refugee camps and urban settings in the years that led up to a devastating war. The authors unveil how Eritrean refugees inescapably experience temporal suffering and teleological violence within these structural barriers, while their present becomes ungraspable and thus unmovable."—Sabina M. Perrino, Binghamton University, SUNY

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The stories found within Defiance in Exile are an altogether human story of our species’ ability to enact unimaginable harm and suffering, while simultaneously illuminating the human capacity for hope and empathy. Athamneh and Masud are masterful storytellers, and they narrate the lives of the individuals they encounter with an emotional richness that brings the reader into the experiences without any hint of voyeurism.” —Hillary J. Haldane, co-editor of Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence“Defiance in Exile provides compelling first-person testimony of Syrian women’s experiences in the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The accounts are vivid and well-presented, and we need to hear such voices to counteract the often hostile rhetoric about Syrian refugees that one hears in North Atlantic countries.” —Kim Shively, author of Islam in Modern Turkey"If there is a 'must read' book inspired by what has happened to Syria and Syrians over the past decade, this is it. In telling the gripping stories of Syrian refugee women dealing with dispossession while leading their families and affirming themselves, Defiance in Exile speaks with penetrating insight and jarring directness to each one of us. No one will come away from reading this book unmoved or unchanged." —Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, diplomat-in-residence at Bard College and former US special envoy to Syria"This hortatory collection of Syrian women refugees’ stories, this j'accuse against the evil Asad regime and a willfully oblivious world, is a call to awareness and action. Can you read these stories of loss, madness, despair, claustrophobia, and resilience without screaming that something must be done?" —Miriam Cooke, author of Dancing in Damascus"Defiance in Exile is a powerful testimony of hope despite war, unimaginable heartbreak, and economic hardship. It is a book that delivers on its promise to truly reveal what it is like to be in a refugee camp. And it closes with a profoundly moving message of the need to care for and be in solidarity with the oppressed." —Dawn Chatty, author of Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State"If you want to be aware of the desperate life of Syrian refugees living in camps outside their lost home country, this book is a must. Defiance in Exile reflects an urgent call to do something about the Syrian refugee crisis." —Nikolaos van Dam, former ambassador of the Netherlands and special envoy for Syria and author of Destroying a Nation"This slim volume by Athamneh and Masud movingly portrays the tragic condition of the millions of Syrians uprooted from their country because of the ongoing civil war that began in 2011. In particular, the authors focus on the impact on women living in the Zaatari refugee camp, located in the Jordanian desert." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Mission Is Born 1. A Chance To listen 2. How It All Started 3. Reaching The Camp 4. Memories And Tribulations 5. Saving The Children 6. Rising Amid The Pain Conclusion

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Book SynopsisTrade Review“The stories found within Defiance in Exile are an altogether human story of our species’ ability to enact unimaginable harm and suffering, while simultaneously illuminating the human capacity for hope and empathy. Athamneh and Masud are masterful storytellers, and they narrate the lives of the individuals they encounter with an emotional richness that brings the reader into the experiences without any hint of voyeurism.” —Hillary J. Haldane, co-editor of Applying Anthropology to Gender-Based Violence“Defiance in Exile provides compelling first-person testimony of Syrian women’s experiences in the al-Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. The accounts are vivid and well-presented, and we need to hear such voices to counteract the often hostile rhetoric about Syrian refugees that one hears in North Atlantic countries.” —Kim Shively, author of Islam in Modern Turkey"If there is a 'must read' book inspired by what has happened to Syria and Syrians over the past decade, this is it. In telling the gripping stories of Syrian refugee women dealing with dispossession while leading their families and affirming themselves, Defiance in Exile speaks with penetrating insight and jarring directness to each one of us. No one will come away from reading this book unmoved or unchanged." —Ambassador Frederic C. Hof, diplomat-in-residence at Bard College and former US special envoy to Syria"This hortatory collection of Syrian women refugees’ stories, this j'accuse against the evil Asad regime and a willfully oblivious world, is a call to awareness and action. Can you read these stories of loss, madness, despair, claustrophobia, and resilience without screaming that something must be done?" —Miriam Cooke, author of Dancing in Damascus"Defiance in Exile is a powerful testimony of hope despite war, unimaginable heartbreak, and economic hardship. It is a book that delivers on its promise to truly reveal what it is like to be in a refugee camp. And it closes with a profoundly moving message of the need to care for and be in solidarity with the oppressed." —Dawn Chatty, author of Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State"If you want to be aware of the desperate life of Syrian refugees living in camps outside their lost home country, this book is a must. Defiance in Exile reflects an urgent call to do something about the Syrian refugee crisis." —Nikolaos van Dam, former ambassador of the Netherlands and special envoy for Syria and author of Destroying a Nation"This slim volume by Athamneh and Masud movingly portrays the tragic condition of the millions of Syrians uprooted from their country because of the ongoing civil war that began in 2011. In particular, the authors focus on the impact on women living in the Zaatari refugee camp, located in the Jordanian desert." —ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction: A Mission Is Born 1. A Chance To listen 2. How It All Started 3. Reaching The Camp 4. Memories And Tribulations 5. Saving The Children 6. Rising Amid The Pain Conclusion

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Book SynopsisOn the production of migrant labor and suffering through asylum enforcementOver the past several decades, the vibrant, multiethnic borough of Queens has seen growth in the community of Nepali migrants, many of whom are navigating the challenging bureaucratic process of asylum legalization. Surviving the Sanctuary City follows them through the institutional spaces of asylum offices, law firms, and human rights agencies to document the labor of seeking asylum. As an interpreter and a volunteer at a grassroots community center, anthropologist Tina Shrestha has witnessed how migrants must perform a particular kind of suffering that is legible to immigration judges and asylum officers. She demonstrates the lived contradictions asylum seekers face while producing their suffering testimonials and traces their attempts to overcome these contradictions through the Nepali notions of kaagaz banaune (making paper) and dukkha (suffering). Surviving the Sanctuary City asks what everyday survival amoTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Locating Nepali New Yorkers Chapter 2. Language of Suffering, Language for Survival Chapter 3. The Logic of “Claimant Credibility” Chapter 4. Testimonial Coconstruction in the Asylum Backstage Chapter 5. The Production of Claimant-Workers Chapter 6. The Paradox of Visibility and Collective Censorship Conclusion Epilogue Glossary Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Locating Nepali New Yorkers Chapter 2. Language of Suffering, Language for Survival Chapter 3. The Logic of “Claimant Credibility” Chapter 4. Testimonial Coconstruction in the Asylum Backstage Chapter 5. The Production of Claimant-Workers Chapter 6. The Paradox of Visibility and Collective Censorship Conclusion Epilogue Glossary Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis compelling book is the result of a project intended to visually communicate the hardships endured by Iraqi communities. Utilizing art materials donated to camps by the Ruya Foundation for Contemporary Culture in Iraq, these 350 drawings were created by some of the country's 1.8 million refugees, providing a necessary outlet for their immense suffering and struggles associated with being temporarily displaced from their vocations as lawyers, teachers, farmers, and mothers. Originally presented as an exhibition at the 2015 Venice Biennale, this publication features a large group of these drawings exclusively selected by the artist and activist Ai Weiwei. Harnessing the power of visual art as a means for both personal expression and socio-political awareness, this innovative book represents the humanistic effort to provide a voice for the underrepresented and their unimaginable strife. Mercatorfonds is donating all profits from the sale of this book to the refugee camps in Iraq. Distributed for Mercatorfonds

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Book SynopsisWhy some of the most vulnerable communities in Europe, from independent cities to new monarchies, welcomed refugees during the Age of Revolutions and prosperedTrade Review“Janet Polasky unearths an unappreciated history of the experience of asylum in Europe and the United States since the Age of the Democratic Revolutions. Facing squarely the destruction of asylum in our own time, she ends with a stunningly optimistic vision of a path toward its reconstruction.”—Linda K. Kerber, author of No Constitutional Right to Be Ladies“Janet Polasky not only expertly depicts the life of French émigrés in the cosmopolitan cities of Hamburg and Altona during the Revolution, but she explores the asylum dilemmas that confront the world today.”—Kirsty Carpenter, Massey University“Janet Polasky weaves a compelling history from the human experiences of political refugees who found temporary welcomes in the ‘small spaces’ of European states, in port cities, in Brussels, and the Swiss cantons. Her stylish prose deftly captures a historical moment suspended between Enlightenment cosmopolitanism and emergent nationalism.”—Mary Lindemann, University of Miami

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Book SynopsisINTRODUCED BY STUART EVERS: ''A genuine, fully fledged masterpiece of the twentieth century; one that remains just as terrifyingly relevant and truthful in the twenty-first''An existential, political, literary thriller first published in 1944, Transit explores the plight of the refugee with extraordinary compassion and insight. Having escaped from a Nazi concentration camp in Germany and a work camp in Rouen, the nameless narrator finds himself in the dusty seaport of Marseille. Along the way he was asked to deliver a letter to Weidel, a writer in Paris whom he discovered had killed himself as the Nazis entered the city. Now he is in search of the dead man''s wife. He carries Weidel''s suitcase, which contains an unfinished novel - and a letter securing Weidel a visa to escape France.Assuming the name Seidler - though the authorities think he is in fact Weidel - he goes from cafe to cafe looking for Marie, who is in turn anxiously searching for her husband. As Seidler converses with refugees over pizza and wine, their stories gradually break down his ennui, bringing him a deeper awareness of the transitory world they inhabit as they wait and wait for that most precious of possessions: transit papers.''This novel, completed in 1942, is in my opinion the most beautiful Seghers has written . . . almost flawless'' - Heinrich BollTrade ReviewIn political, cultural and artistic terms, Transit offers a vital reading experience: one that is more than just a keen-eyed depiction of a dark and desperate time, but a radical, constantly evolving narrative that delves to the heart of what it is to be human in an inhuman society . . . a genuine, fully fledged masterpiece -- Stuart EversTransit belongs to those books that entered my life, and which I continue to engage with in my writing, so much so that I have to pick it up every couple of years to see what has happened between me and it -- Christa WolfThis novel, completed in 1942, is in my opinion the most beautiful Seghers has written . . . I doubt that our post-1933 literature can point to many books that have been written with such somnambulistic sureness and are almost flawless -- Heinrich BollNo reader will question the author's sincerity as she strives to anatomize the refugee mind -- New York Times Book ReviewOne the most respected and important German authors of the 20th century . . . an important untold story of the refugee situation in Second World War-era Europe . . . A masterpiece -- Joe Winkler * Vol. 1 Brooklyn *What makes Seghers's story so convincing is the human authenticity of her characters, and the masterly panorama of Vichy Marseille, that 'tiny spigot through which the world flood of Europe's fleeing thousands sought to pour.' Often as that heart-choking picture has been drawn before, both in factual reports and fiction, Seghers's presentation will stir the reader's imagination to its depth * Saturday Review *Transit is an eerily poignant read some eighty years after it was first published . . . It is a thriller, yes, but it is a strange one. It might also be called a tragicomedy. Its brilliance has to with this unpindownable-ness. It has to do with the contrast between the genre elements of the novel and the stark, autobiographical realism grounding the narrative. With the way that Seghers artfully renders her characters - comically, tenderly, at times unsympathetically. In big and small ways, the novel resonates -- Lauren Aimee Curtis * Granta Magazine *

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Book SynopsisSoon to be a major film produced by Steven Spielberg and J. J. Abrams.This is the story of Doaa, an ordinary girl from a village in Syria, who in 2015 became one of five hundred people crammed on to a fishing boat setting sail for Europe. The boat was deliberately capsized, and of those five hundred people, eleven survived; they were rescued four days after the boat sank. Doaa was one of them - her fiancé Bassem, with whom she had fled, was not; he drowned in front of her. Melissa Fleming, the Chief Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, heard about Doaa and the death of 489 of her fellow refugees on the day she was pulled out of the water. She decided to fly to Crete to meet this extraordinary girl, who had rescued a toddler when she was nearly dead herself. They struck an instant bond, and Melissa saw in Doaa the story of the war in Syria embodied by one young woman. She has decided to tell Doaa''s story - the dangers she fled, and the journTrade ReviewMelissa Fleming's tale of a young Syrian woman's search for peace and safety is a book written for our times. Fleming captures the unremitting fear, the crushing despair, and the glint of hope for a better life that drive families to risk everything and sail the treacherous seas. On every page, loss and hope tangle. On every page, the human toll of the worst humanitarian crisis of our time is painfully, heartbreakingly brought home. This is an emotional read, at times painful, but it is above all a poignant tribute to hope, to resilience, and to the capacity for grace and generosity that dwells deep in the human heart -- Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite RunnerIn a few years, when people will look back at our current time of conflicts, dislocation, and displacement, the story of Doaa al-Zamel - and of those she saw die, and of the new life she saved? . . . will stand out as one of its defining narratives -- Bruno Giussani, European director, TEDit should enable us to see beyond the cold weight of the numbers, and into an individual's own warm and vivid story . . . If A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea does push more people into action and solidarity, then it will have done vital work; the most important work, perhaps, that a book can do right now . . . Doaa al-Zamel is both ordinary enough to compel sympathy, and extraordinary enough to be unforgettable -- Natasha Walter * Observer *Fleming's account is as gripping as it is moving * Financial Times *Written by an official in the UN's refugee agency, this deeply affecting book recounts the story of a young Syrian, Doaa al Zamel . . . Fleming brings a moral urgency to the narrative. Doaa is now safe in Sweden, but Fleming pointedly asks, 'Why is there no massive resettlement program for Syrians - the victims of the worst war of our times?' * New Yorker *Fleming deftly illustrates the pain of those who choose to leave Syria . . .[She] recounts their narrative with compassion and without melodrama, and her book is ultimately a story of hope . . . The message is to try to humanize one young woman, to tell her tale so that the migrant crisis does not become a bunch of nameless, faceless people fleeing a war but human beings with families, with needs, and with desires * Newsweek *Stories like Doaa's, presented in the form of excellent storytelling, thrilling surprises, and powerful characters, do have an impact. This is a must-read book for everyone who is debating the refugee crisis, because it boils the entire war in Syria down to one family, one young woman: Doaa * New York Journal of Books *[Doaa's] inspiring story is urgently required reading * People *A Hope More Powerful than the Sea poignantly illuminates some of the reasons why our fellow humans embark on such perilous journeys to reach Europe . . . One can only hope that by sharing Doaa's story, her remarkable courage, Fleming will help people better understand why so many are prepared to risk so much in order to reach relative safety * Times Literary Supplement *

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Book SynopsisThe first edition of this book was acclaimed as a practical, insightful and humane guide for professionals in mental health, social work and voluntary and government agencies who are concerned with the care of refugees and other victims of political and military violence. These professionals can develop feelings of irritation, disappointment and hopelessness when their work seems not to have the expected result. Successful counselling and therapy require empathy with such victims of traumatic events. But empathy must be based on, and combined with, expertise and knowledge that is both scientific and research-based, and focused on the special needs of these victims. This book is written from the first-hand experience of a world expert in this field, and provides * A practical guide to clinical work with adult, child and adolescent victims * A conceptual framework which places treatment in the context of the main therapeutic approaches * A review of the research evidence thatTable of ContentsThe Experiences of Refugees. Traumatization and Uprooting: Theoretical Views. Diagnostic Appraisal. Working with Cultural Differences. Treatment Goals and the Therapeutic Relationship. Treatment of Crises and Symptoms. Restoring Emotional Stability. Victims of Sexual Violence. Children and Adolescents. Specific Issues in Working with Refugees. References. Indexes.

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Book SynopsisUsing case studies and first-person accounts from interviews and fieldwork in post-conflict settings, Peace, Preference, and Property suggests policies that would provide greater choice for displaced people in terms of property restitution and solutions to displacement.Trade ReviewSo far, few books have paid attention to the historical patterns of displacement, legal solutions, and IDP/refugee attitudes. Joireman successfully breaks the pattern of single-case studies in this area by providing an array of comparative empirical evidence and first-hand policy experience to demonstrate the misalignment of international law and preferences of victims of displacement. An excellent contribution to the field, re-orienting our understandings of durable solutions to displacement." —Neophytos Loizides, University of KentTable of Contents List of Illustrations Preface and acknowledgements Chapter 1: Forced Migration and its Troublesome Solutions Chapter 2: International Law on Return Chapter 3: Challenges to Return: Preferences of Displaced People Chapter 4: Children Displaced by Violence Chapter 5: Property and Return Chapter 6: Global Governance and the International Migration Regime Appendix Glossary Bibliography

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Book SynopsisA collection of personal narratives - essays, letters, and poems - from refugees fleeing Bosnia and Croatia. Taking us behind the barrage of media coverage, it includes stories that tell of perseverance, brutality, forced departure, exile, and courage.Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD Cornel West INTRODUCTION THE SUITCASE The Journey Out Dreams of Home Everyday Refugee Life Children's Voices Starting Life Anew AFTERWORDS The ABCs of Exile Dubravka Ugresic The Face of Women Refugees from Muslim Communities: Algeria to Ex-Yugoslavia Marieme Helie-Lucas Beyond the Balkans judith Mayotte POSTSCRIPT This Is Not War Talk Julze Mertus NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS

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Book SynopsisPresents a perspective on the history of forced migration over 3 centuries and illuminates the centrality of movements of people in making of this world. This book traces the history of slaves, indentured servants, transported convicts, bonded soldiers, trafficked women, and coolie and Kanaka labor across the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans.Table of ContentsList of Maps Introduction Marcus Rediker, Cassandra Pybus, and Emma Christopher 1. The Other Middle Passage: The African Slave Trade in the Indian Ocean Edward A. Alpers 2. The East African Middle Passage: David Livingstone, the Zambesi Expedition, and Lake Nyassa, 1858--1866 Iain McCalman 3. The Iranun and Balangingi Slaving Voyage: Middle Passages in the Sulu Zone James Warren 4. The Voyage Out: Peter Kolb and VOC Voyages to the Cape Nigel Penn 5. Bound for Botany Bay: John Martin's Voyage to Australia Cassandra Pybus 6. "The Slave Trade Is Merciful Compared to [This]": Slave Traders, Convict Transportation, and the Abolitionists Emma Christopher 7. Convict Passages in the Indian Ocean, c. 1790--1860 Clare Anderson 8. After Slavery: Forced Drafts of Irish and Chinese Labor in the American Civil War, or the Search for Liquid Labor Scott Reynolds Nelson 9. La Trata Amarilla: The "Yellow Trade" and the Middle Passage, 1847--1884 Evelyn Hu-DeHart 10. "A Most Irregular Traffic": The Oceanic Passages of the Melanesian Labor Trade Laurence Brown 11. La Traite des Jaunes: Trafficking in Women and Children across the China Sea Julia Martinez Afterword: "All of It Is Now" Kevin Bales and Zoe Trodd Postscript: Gun-Slave Cycle Marcus Rediker Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisLooks at the creation of contemporary Muslim jihadists. Interweaving historical and ethnographic evidence, this book explains how refuge-seeking has become a socially and politically debased practice in the Kashmir region and why this devaluation has turned refugee men into potential militants.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Abbreviations Note on Names, Transliteration, and Photographs Preface: The Kashmir Dispute and the Conflicts Within Conflict Ethnography Acknowledgments Introduction: The Social Production of Jihad Part One Between Hijarat and Jihad in Azad Kashmir 1 * Between War and Refuge in Jammu and Kashmir: Displacement, Borders, and the Boundaries of Political Belonging 2 Protective Migration and Armed Struggle: Political Violence and the Limits of Victimization in Islam Part Two The Historical Emergence of Kashmiri Refugees as Political Subjects 3 Forging Political Identities, 1947--1988: The South Asian Refugee Regime and Refugee Resettlement Villages 4 Transforming Political Identities, 1989--2001: Refugee Camps in Azad Jammu and Kashmir and the International Refugee Regime Part Three Body of Victim, Body of Warrior 5 Human Rights and Jihad: Victimization and the Sovereignty of the Body 6 The Mujahid as Family-Man: Sex, Death, and the Warrior's (Im)pure Body Conclusion: From Muhajir to Mujahid to Jihadi in the Global Order of Things Postscript: And, "Humanitarian Jihad" Notes Glossary Bibliography Index

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