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Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement

2013 Cornell University ;ISBN: 9780801451065 ;ISBN: 080145106X ;ISBN: 0801477778 ;ISBN: 9780801477775 ;EISBN: 9780801468964 ;EISBN: 0801468965 ;EISBN: 0801468957 ;EISBN: 9780801468957 ;DOI: 10.7591/9780801468964 ;OCLC: 922998409 ;LCCallNum: HV640.5.A3B48 2013

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  • Title:
    Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement
  • Author: Betts, Alexander
  • Subjects: 21st century ; Africa, Sub-Saharan ; Case studies ; Emigration and immigration ; Forced migration ; Human Rights ; International Relations ; Political aspects ; Political refugees ; POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Politics and government ; Refugees
  • Description: 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. InSurvival Migration, Betts outlines these failings, illustrates the enormous human suffering that results, and argues strongly for an expansion of protected categories.
  • Publisher: Ithaca: Cornell University Press
  • Creation Date: 2013
  • Format: 256
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISBN: 9780801451065
    ISBN: 080145106X
    ISBN: 0801477778
    ISBN: 9780801477775
    EISBN: 9780801468964
    EISBN: 0801468965
    EISBN: 0801468957
    EISBN: 9780801468957
    DOI: 10.7591/9780801468964
    OCLC: 922998409
    LCCallNum: HV640.5.A3B48 2013
  • Source: Project MUSE Open Access Books
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