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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Loescher, Gil, 1945-2020.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Refugees.

Refugees--Civil rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (421 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tokyo ; New York : United Nations University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over two-thirds of the world's refugees are struggling to survive in camps and urban communities in remote and insecure parts of the world. The vast majority of them have been in exile for many years or even generations. This is an affront to the dignity of millions of people deprived of a range of basic human rights and a failure for the international refugee regime. In addition, protracted refugee situations can be a driving force of ongoing grievances, instability, and insurgency. This volume 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. The volume presents new thinking to address protracted refugee situations that incorporates security and development --as well as humanitarian --actors and attempts to reconcile the policy difficulties that have obstructed progress for many years.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Tables and figures""; ""Contributors""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Part I Themes and challenges""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Understanding the problem of protracted refugee situations""; ""3 Asylum trends in industrialized countries and their impact on protracted refugee situations""; ""4 Protracted refugee situations, conflict and security: The need for better diagnosis and prescription""; ""5 Protracted refugee situations, human rights and civil society""; ""6 Development actors and protracted refugee situations: Progress, challenges, opportunities""

""7 A surrogate state? The role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations""""8 A realistic, segmented and reinvigorated UNHCR approach to resolving protracted refugee situations""; ""9 Historical lessons for overcoming protracted refugee situations""; ""Part II Case studies""; ""10 Palestinian refugees""; ""11 Somali refugees: Protracted exile and shifting security frontiers""; ""12 Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Kenya""; ""13 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal""; ""14 Burmese refugees in South and Southeast Asia: A comparative regional analysis""; ""15 Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan""

""Part III Policy conclusions and recommendations""""16 A framework for responding to protracted refugee situations""; ""17 Resolving protracted refugee situations: Conclusion and policy implications""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

92-808-7127-7

OCLC:

367601220