Protracted Refugee Situations
by Loescher, Gil; Milner, James; Newman, Edward; Troeller, GaryFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-02-01
Publisher(s): United Nations Univ
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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. 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.
Author Biography
Gil Loescher is a visiting professor at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and emeritus professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame. James Milner is an assistant professor of political science at Carleton University. Edward Newman is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Birmingham. Gary Troeller's recent appointments include co-chair of the Inter-university Committee on International Migration, and visiting lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a former senior official with UNHCR.
Table of Contents
| Tables and figures | p. viii |
| Contributors | p. ix |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| Themes and challenges | p. 1 |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Understanding the problem of protracted refugee situations | p. 20 |
| Asylum trends in industrialized countries and their impact on protracted refugee situations | p. 43 |
| Protracted refugee situations, conflict and security: The need for better diagnosis and prescription | p. 69 |
| Protracted refugee situations, human rights and civil society | p. 85 |
| Development actors and protracted refugee situations: Progress, challenges, opportunities | p. 108 |
| A surrogate state? The role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations | p. 123 |
| A realistic, segmented and reinvigorated UNHCR approach to resolving protracted refugee situations | p. 141 |
| Historical lessons for overcoming protracted refugee situations | p. 162 |
| Case studies | p. 187 |
| Palestinian refugees | p. 189 |
| Somali refugees: Protracted exile and shifting security frontiers | p. 214 |
| Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Kenya | p. 248 |
| Bhutanese refugees in Nepal | p. 277 |
| Burmese refugees in South and Southeast Asia: A comparative regional analysis | p. 303 |
| Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan | p. 333 |
| Policy conclusions and recommendations | p. 351 |
| A framework for responding to protracted refugee situations | p. 353 |
| Resolving protracted refugee situations: Conclusion and policy implications | p. 377 |
| Index | p. 386 |
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