Reflections On The African Refugee Problem

Author : Gaim Kibreab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039397612

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Reflections on the African Refugee Problem by Gaim Kibreab Pdf

Research report analysing certain assumptions concerning the African refugee problem - discusses the theoretical and historical background, trends and causes, geographic distribution (1966-1981), tribal peoples conflicts resulting from the arbitrary creation of frontiers under colonialism, "hospitality" or exploitation, role of UN (UNHCR), etc.; argues that refugees can, under appropriate planning, economic aid and technical cooperation, stimulate economic development in the immigration country. References.

Author : Gaim Kibreab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Social Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039933424

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African Refugees by Gaim Kibreab Pdf

Study of refugee trends in Africa - examines historical aspects of refugee movements in precolonial, colonial and post-colonial Africa, the impact of arbitrary frontiers on tribal peoples, the magnitude of the African refugee problem 1970-1984; reviews the myth of present-day African hospitality; presents an overview of UNHCR assistance, human settlements and the integrated approach to rural development; discusses the impact of refugees on economic development. References, statistical tables.

Author : Gaim Kibreab
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1983
Category : Africans
ISBN : 0080671403

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Reflections on the African refugee problem : a critical analysis of some basic assumptions by Gaim Kibreab Pdf

Author : Medard Rwelamira
Publisher : Nordic Africa Institute
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9171063064

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Refugees in a Chess Game by Medard Rwelamira Pdf

Covers the period 1967-1980s.

Author : Jenny Erpenbeck
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780811225953

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Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck Pdf

An unforgettable German bestseller about the European refugee crisis: “Erpenbeck will get under your skin” (Washington Post Book World) Go, Went, Gone is the masterful new novel by the acclaimed German writer Jenny Erpenbeck, “one of the most significant German-language novelists of her generation” (The Millions). The novel tells the tale of Richard, a retired classics professor who lives in Berlin. His wife has died, and he lives a routine existence until one day he spies some African refugees staging a hunger strike in Alexanderplatz. Curiosity turns to compassion and an inner transformation, as he visits their shelter, interviews them, and becomes embroiled in their harrowing fates. Go, Went, Gone is a scathing indictment of Western policy toward the European refugee crisis, but also a touching portrait of a man who finds he has more in common with the Africans than he realizes. Exquisitely translated by Susan Bernofsky, Go, Went, Gone addresses one of the most pivotal issues of our time, facing it head-on in a voice that is both nostalgic and frightening.

Author : Adebayo Oyebade,Abiodun Alao
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Africa
ISBN : 0865436517

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Africa After the Cold War by Adebayo Oyebade,Abiodun Alao Pdf

Although it is widely recognised that Africa's security problems are acute, it has never been a subject of much intellectual inquiry. This lack of scholarly discourse on the many dimensions of the problems of African security is the major consideration of this book. The approach to the questions of security differ markedly from the traditional approach that gives primacy to the threat of military aggression as sole factor in state security. A departure must be made from this dominant preoccupation in a new global order that has seen profound changes.

Author : Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781787353176

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Refuge in a Moving World by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh Pdf

Refuge in a Moving World draws together more than thirty contributions from multiple disciplines and fields of research and practice to discuss different ways of engaging with, and responding to, migration and displacement. The volume combines critical reflections on the complexities of conceptualizing processes and experiences of (forced) migration, with detailed analyses of these experiences in contemporary and historical settings from around the world. Through interdisciplinary approaches and methodologies – including participatory research, poetic and spatial interventions, ethnography, theatre, discourse analysis and visual methods – the volume documents the complexities of refugees’ and migrants’ journeys. This includes a particular focus on how people inhabit and negotiate everyday life in cities, towns, camps and informal settlements across the Middle East and North Africa, Southern and Eastern Africa, and Europe.

Author : Emily Jeptepkeny Choge
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532699344

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An Ethic of Hospitality by Emily Jeptepkeny Choge Pdf

In our increasingly xenophobic world, countries are turning away refugees and immigrants. Based on the situation in Kenya, this book offers a countercultural ethic of hospitality and welcome to the stranger, an ethic fraught with dangers and yet filled with great opportunities for transforming our world. Drawing on the scriptural pilgrim motif and specifically on the book of Hebrews, this study paints a picture of refugees not only as needy strangers to be herded into camps, but as brothers and sisters who bring with them treasures and talents that can enrich our understanding of our Christian identity and mission as pilgrims in the world. The hospitality practice seen in Hebrews offers hope and promise not only for refugees themselves but also for the pilgrim church. Like the ancient heroes of faith portrayed in Hebrews, we too live as pilgrims and aliens who await with hope the city whose architect and founder is God. Refugees in fact teach us how to live our pilgrim identity: they become teachers not only for the church in Kenya but also for the body of Christ worldwide.

Author : Robert F. Gorman
Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1987-04-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9024734576

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Coping With Africa's Refugee Burden by Robert F. Gorman Pdf

Author : James C. Hathaway
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004635852

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Reconceiving International Refugee Law by James C. Hathaway Pdf

Violence and other human rights abuses continue to force desperate people to migrate in search of protection. Yet because the political and economic reasons that induced an historical openness to the arrival of refugees have largely withered away, there is no longer a guarantee that any state will be prepared to receive these involuntary migrants. Governments of both North and South are withdrawing from the international legal duty to provide potentially indefinite protection to any and all refugees who arrive at their borders. The challenge is to reconceive refugee protection in a way that is reconcilable with the legitimate concerns of modern states, yet which does not sacrifice the critical right of at-risk people to seek asylum. The essays in Reconceiving International Refugee Law offer a response to the concerns of many states that refugee protection has become no more than a `back door' route to permanent immigration, and that its costs are not fairly apportioned among states. Drawing on the research of leading migration scholars from around the world, and vetted through dialogue with senior officials and non-governmental experts, this volume explores the potential for a shift to a robust and empowering system of temporary asylum, supported by a pragmatic system of guarantees to share both the costs and human responsibilities of refugee protection.

Author : Toyin Falola,Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 635 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780253064431

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African Refugees by Toyin Falola,Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso Pdf

African Refugees is a comprehensive overview of the context, causes, and consequences of refugee lives, discussing issues, policies, and solutions for African refugees around the world. It covers overarching topics such as human rights, policy frameworks, refugee protection, and durable solutions, as well as less-studied topics such as refugee youths, refugee camps, LGBTQ refugees, urban refugees, and refugee women. It also takes on rare but emergent topics such as citizenship and the creativity of African refugees. Toyin Falola and Olajumoke Yacob-Haliso showcase the voices and experiences of individual refugees through the sweep of history to tell the African refugee story from the historical past through current developments, covering the full range of experience from the causes of flight to living in exile, all while maintaining a persistent focus on the complicated search for solutions. African Refugees recognizes African agency and contributions in pursuit of solutions for African refugees over time but avoids the pitfalls of the colonial gaze—where refugees are perpetually pathologized and Africa is always the sole cause of its own problems—seeking to complicate these narratives by recognizing African refugee issues within exploitative global, colonial, and neo-colonial systems of power.

Author : C. Veney
Publisher : Springer
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-12-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230601956

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Forced Migration in Eastern Africa by C. Veney Pdf

This study enriches understanding of East Africa's refugee situation by examining the conditions that gave rise to it and how the refugees themselves sought to reconstruct their lives. Focusing on the 1990s, Veney compares Kenya and Tanzania, two nations that did not generate many refugees, but become important hosts for the general region.

Author : Cristiano d'Orsi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317669821

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Asylum-Seeker and Refugee Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa by Cristiano d'Orsi Pdf

It is not often acknowledged that the great majority of African refugee movement happens within Africa rather than from Africa to the West. This book examines the specific characteristics and challenges of the refugee situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering a new and critical vision on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in the African continent. Cristiano d’Orsi considers the international, regional and domestic legal and institutional frameworks linked to refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa, and explores the contributions African refugee protection has brought to the cause on a global scale. Key issues covered in the book include the theory and the practice of non-refoulement, an analysis of the phenomenon of mass-influx, the concept of burden-sharing, and the role of freedom fighters. The book goes on to examine the expulsions of refugees and the historical role played by UNHCR in Sub-Saharan Africa. As a work which follows the persecution and legal challenges of those in search of a safe haven, this book will be of great interest and use to researchers and students of immigration and asylum law, international law, human rights, and African studies.

Author : J. Milner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230246799

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Refugees, the State and the Politics of Asylum in Africa by J. Milner Pdf

How do African states respond to the mass arrival and prolonged presence of refugees? This book answers this question by drawing on recent case studies and examining the politics behind refugee policy in Africa. The implications of this approach are important not only for the study of asylum in Africa, but also for the future of refugee protection.

Author : Tiyanjana Maluwa
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004638297

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International Law in Post-Colonial Africa by Tiyanjana Maluwa Pdf

African States have contributed to the development of modern international law in various ways. This contribution can be assessed through an examination of the actual practice of these States in their interactions with each other, and with other States in the wider international community, on various matters which have a bearing on the creation of legal rules for the international community. Taken together, the case studies presented in this book demonstrate that, despite its apparent marginalization in the international system, Africa can stake a valid claim to being part of the on-going process of shaping new rules and principles of international law while strengthening existing ones. Some of the more important examples are: the broadening of the refugee definition and the principle of non-refoulement in the area of refugee law; the rights of access and transit to the sea and the concept of the exclusive economic zone in the law of the sea; the principle of uti possidetis; the concept of `peoples' rights', as distinguished from that of `human rights'; the very expansion of the traditional categorization of human rights to embrace the so-called third generation rights, such as the right to development; the Nyerere doctrine of State succession; and, in general, certain principles in the area of international fluvial law concerning the common management and utilization of shared watercourses. The discussions in this book are informed by the belief that post-colonial African States have tended to view the creation and application of international law as a historically engaged activity through which they can now empower themselves as part of the modern international community.