Protracted refugee situations : political, human rights and security implications / edited by Gil Loescher ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loescher, Gil, 1945-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

Refugees--Civil rights.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xiii, 406 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, [2008]

Summary:

Over two-thirds of the world's refugees are trapped in protracted refugee situations, struggling to survive in remote and insecure parts of the world. The vast majority of these refugees have been in exile for many years or even generations.

This is an affront to the dignity of millions of people deprived of basic human rights, and a failure for the international refugee regime. In addition, protracted refugee situations can be a source - as well as a consequence - of instability and conflict, as a driving force of ongoing grievances, instability and insurgency. As such, protracted refugee situations also constitute a conceptual challenge to conventional security studies.

Humanitarian agencies - such as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - have been left to cope with caring for these forgotten populations and attempt to mitigate the negative implications of prolonged exile. These actions do not, however, constitute a durable solution for protracted refugee situations.

This volume, bringing together a collection of eminent scholars and practitioners, presents a range of analyses and cases of protracted refugee situations. It explores the sources, nature and consequences of these situations, and the record of the international community's attempts to find durable solutions. On this basis, the volume presents new thinking to address protracted refugee situations which incorporates security and development - as well as humanitarian - actors and attempts to reconcile the policy difficulties which have obstructed progress for many years.

Contents:

Part I Themes and challenges 1

1 Introduction / Gil Loescher, James Milner, Edward Newman, Gary Troeller 3

2 Understanding the problem of protracted refugee situations / Gil Loescher, James Milner 20

3 Asylum trends in industrialized countries and their impact on protracted refugee situations / Gary Troeller 43

4 Protracted refugee situations, conflict and security: The need for better diagnosis and prescription / Eric Morris, Stephen John Stedman 69

5 Protracted refugee situations, human rights and civil society / Elizabeth Ferris 85

6 Development actors and protracted refugee situations: Progress, challenges, opportunities / Mark Mattner 108

7 A surrogate state? The role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations / Amy Slaughter, Jeff Crisp 123

8 A realistic, segmented and reinvigorated UNHCR approach to resolving protracted refugee situations / Arafat Jamal 141

9 Historical lessons for overcoming protracted refugee situations / Alexander Betts 162

Part II Case studies 187

10 Palestinian refugees / Michael Dumper 189

11 Somali refugees: Protracted exile and shifting security frontiers / Peter Kagwanja, Monica Juma 214

12 Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Kenya / Tania Kaiser 248

13 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal / Mahendra P. Lama 277

14 Burmese refugees in South and Southeast Asia: A comparative regional analysis / Gil Loescher, James Milner 303

15 Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan / Ewen Macleod 333

Part III Policy conclusions and recommendations 351

16 A framework for responding to protracted refugee situations / Gil Loescher, James Milner 353

17 Resolving protracted refugee situations: Conclusion and policy implications / Edward Newman, Gary G. Troeller 377.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789280811582

9280811584

OCLC:

249134784