Survival migration failed governance and the crisis of displacement

International treaties, conventions, and organizations to protect refugees were established in the aftermath of World War II to protect people escaping targeted persecution by their own governments. However, the nature of cross-border displacement has transformed dramatically since then. Such threat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Betts, Alexander
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca Cornell University Press 2013©2013, 2013
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Survival migration
  • The national politics of international institutions
  • South Africa : the ad hoc response to the Zimbabwean influx
  • Botswana : the division of Zimbabweans into refugees and migrants
  • Angola : the expulsion of the Congolese back to the southern provinces
  • Tanzania : the paradoxical response to congolese from South Kivu
  • Kenya : humanitarian containment and the Somalis
  • Yemen : contrasting responses to Somalis and Ethiopians
  • Improving the refugee protection regime
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-225) and index