Refugee politics in the Middle East and North Africa : human rights, safety, and identity / AKM Ahsan Ullah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ullah, A. K. M. Ahsan, author.

Series:

Global ethics series

Global ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees--Middle East.

Refugees--Africa, North.

Forced migration--Middle East.

Forced migration--Africa, North.

Human rights--Middle East.

Human rights--Africa, North.

Human rights.

Forced migration.

Refugees.

North Africa.

Middle East.

Physical Description:

xiii, 216 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Summary:

AKM Ahsan Ullah provides an insightful analysis of migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa. He examines the intricate relationship of these phenomena with human rights, safety concerns, and issues of identity crisis and identity formation. Engaging in a wide range of current debates including the Arab Uprising and regional and international responses to refugee movements, this book will enrich the present understanding of migration and refugee rights. Book jacket.

Contents:

Rights, safety and identity: the context of forced mobility in the MENA

MENA: geopolitics of conflicts and refugees

Refugees in camps: anatomy of an identity crisis

Refugee safety and humanitarianism discourse

Refugee rights, protection and existing instruments

Arab uprising and new dimensions of refugee crises

Discussions and policy implications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137356529

1137356529

OCLC:

870285664