Survival Migration : Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement /

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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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Autor principal: Betts, Alexander, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Menschenrecht
Migration
Politischer Flüchtling
Refugees.
Politics and government.
Political refugees.
Human rights.
Forced migration.
Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
International relations.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Afrique subsaharienne > Études de cas.
Refugies > Afrique subsaharienne > Études de cas.
Social Welfare & Social Work > General.
Social Sciences.
Social Welfare & Social Work.
Refugees > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Case studies.
Political refugees > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Case studies.
Human rights > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Case studies.
Forced migration > Africa, Sub-Saharan > Case studies.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Politics and government > 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects > Case studies.
Africa, Sub-Saharan > Emigration and immigration > Political aspects.
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Afrique subsaharienne > Politique et gouvernement > 21e siecle.
Afrique subsaharienne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect politique > Études de cas.
Études de cas.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
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Sumario: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 threats as environmental change, food insecurity, and generalized violence force massive numbers of people to flee states that are unable or unwilling to ensure their basic rights, as do conditions in failed and fragile states that make possible human rights deprivations. Because these reasons do not meet the legal understanding of persecution, the victims of these circumstances are not usually recognized as "refugees," preventing current institutions from ensuring their protection. In this book, Alexander Betts develops the concept of "survival migration" to highlight the crisis in which these people find themselves. Examining flight from three of the most fragile states in Africa--Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Somalia--Betts explains variation in institutional responses across the neighboring host states. There is massive inconsistency. Some survival migrants are offered asylum as refugees; others are rounded up, detained, and deported, often in brutal conditions. The inadequacies of the current refugee regime are a disaster for human rights and gravely threaten international security. In Survival Migration, Betts outlines these failings, illustrates the enormous human suffering that results, and argues strongly for an expansion of protected categories
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780801468964
Acceso:Open Access

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