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Intersections of displacement : refugees' experiences of home and homelessness /

Refugees are forced to gamble with their lives to flee conflicts, and if they arrive at their intended destination unscathed, they may face the turbulent prospect of asylum defined by a meagre existence, social exclusion, poverty, and even homelessness. Operating at different scales and imagined pla...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kissoon, Priya (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Refugees are forced to gamble with their lives to flee conflicts, and if they arrive at their intended destination unscathed, they may face the turbulent prospect of asylum defined by a meagre existence, social exclusion, poverty, and even homelessness. Operating at different scales and imagined places, homelessness and asylum seeking are issues of fundamental social justice typically viewed as a problem of cities and crises of national and international concern respectively. However, over the past two decades in particular, the increasing and volatile numbers of asylum seekers arriving in the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (340 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781443883122
1443883123