Refugees And Borders In South Asia

Author : Antara Datta
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780415524728

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Refugees and Borders in South Asia by Antara Datta Pdf

"The war in 1971 between India and Pakistan led to a huge refugee crisis. This book argues that the massive influx of ten million refugees into India within a few short months changed ideas about citizenship and belonging in South Asia.The book looks at how the Indian state, while generously keeping its borders open to the refugees, made it clear that these refugees were different from those generated by Partition, and would not be allowed to settle permanently. It discusses how the state was breaking its 'effective' link between refugees and citizenship, and how at the same time a second 'affective' border was developing between those living in the border areas, especially in Assam and West Bengal. The book argues that the present discourse regarding illegal infiltration from Bangladesh has a long historical trajectory in which the events of 1971 play a key role. It goes on to analyse the aftermath of the 1971 war and the massive repatriation project undertaken by the governments of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh to examine ways in which questions about minorities and belonging remained unresolved post-1971.The book is an interesting contribution to the history of refugees, border-making and 1971 in South Asia, as well as to studies in politics and international relations"--Provided by publisher

Author : S. D. Muni,Lok Raj Baral
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Refugees
ISBN : UOM:39015062110781

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Refugees and Regional Security in South Asia by S. D. Muni,Lok Raj Baral Pdf

Contains papers presented at a seminar.

Author : Satish Kanitkar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 740 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Refugees
ISBN : STANFORD:36105025256590

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Refugee Problems in South Asia by Satish Kanitkar Pdf

Author : Navine Murshid
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134502271

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The Politics of Refugees in South Asia by Navine Murshid Pdf

Partition and post-colonial migrations – sometimes voluntary, often forced – have created borders in South Asia that serve to oppress rather than protect. Migrants and refugees feel their real home lies beyond the border, and liberation struggles continue the quest for freedoms that have proven to be elusive for many. States scapegoat refugees as "outsiders" for their own ends, justifying the denial of their rights, while academic discourse on refugees represents them either as victims or as terrorists. Taking a stance against such projections, this book examines refugees’ struggles for better living conditions and against marginalization. By analyzing protest and militarization among refugees, the book argues that they are neither victims without agency nor war entrepreneurs. Through interviews, surveys, and statistical analyses, it shows how states have manipulated refugee identity and resistance to promote the ideal of the nation-state, thereby creating protracted refugee crises. This is evident even in the most humanitarian state intervention in modern South Asia – India’s military intervention in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) in 1971. The findings put forward provide the basis to understand the conditions under which violence can break out, and thereby have implications for host countries, donor countries, and aid organizations in the formulation of refugee‐policy. The book is of interest to scholars in the fields of South Asian studies, comparative politics, international relations, refugee studies, development studies, security studies and peace studies.

Author : Nasir Uddin,Nasreen Chowdhory
Publisher : Springer
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811327780

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Deterritorialised Identity and Transborder Movement in South Asia by Nasir Uddin,Nasreen Chowdhory Pdf

This volume is about migration across South Asia and the complex negotiation of borders by people and the states in the process. A border is understood as a form of demarcation, but it also opens up the flow of people, goods, and ideas of legality and illegality. Borders are dynamic and dyadic in the interface of state and non-state actors involved in border operations. Consequently, transborder movement becomes a complex web involving concerns of security, trade, militancy, and questions of citizenship, along with discourses of ghettoisation, belonging and otherness. Since the mid-20th century, the South Asian region has witnessed growing social and political instability and breakdown of regional cooperation. In this context, the volume casts a wide, interdisciplinary lens across South Asia and discusses economic migration as well as forced migration due to persecution and natural disasters. It looks at how understandings of ‘territoriality’ and ‘border’ become blurred due to increasing transborder migration in the region: how states in South Asia address transborder movements at both policy level and on the ground; and how borderlands become spaces for illegal trade and informal economy in South Asia and for negotiations between states and refugees on identity and citizenship. This highly topical volume is for a wide group of scholars and students interested in South Asia, ranging from sociology, anthropology, political science, history, to interdisciplinary fields like migration studies, peace and conflict studies, and development studies.

Author : Md. Azmeary Ferdoush,Reece Jones
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9048535220

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Borders and Mobility in South Asia and Beyond by Md. Azmeary Ferdoush,Reece Jones Pdf

The world is experiencing one of the largest movements of people in history with 65 million people displaced by conflict in 2015, the majority of which were from Asia. This book brings a deep engagement with individuals whose lives are shaped by encounters with borders by telling the stories of a poor Bangladeshi women who regularly crosses the India border to visit family, of Muslims from India living in Gulf countries for work, and the harrowing journey of a young Afghan man as he sets off on foot to Germany. The international and interdisciplinary work in this book contributes to this moment by analyzing how borders are experienced by migrants and borderlanders in South Asia, how mobility and diaspora are engaged in literature and media, and how the lives of migrants are transformed during their journey to new homes in South Asia, the Middle East, North America, and Europe. Bron: Flaptekst, uitgeversinformatie.

Author : Omprakash Mishra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Forced migration
ISBN : UOM:39015059150865

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Forced Migration in the South Asian Region by Omprakash Mishra Pdf

In the South Asian Region including Afghanistan and Myanmar internal displacement and cross-border migration have become everyday realities. Not only do they involve human rights abuses, maltreatment and denial of livelihood for those displaced, but demand accommodation with state sovereignty and raise questions of identity, power and gender-related concerns.Forced Migration in the South Asian Region: Displacement, Human Rights and Conflict Resolution is a collection of essays that explores the nature, extent and ramifications of forced migration and displacement. This volume is the outcome of an international conference organized by the Centre for Refugee Studies, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in collaboration with the Refugee Studies Center, University of Oxford; the Law Research Institute, Calcutta; the International Law Association, Calcutta Chapter; and the Brookings Institution-Johns Hopkins SAIS Project on Internal Displacement.

Author : Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811661440

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Internal Migration Within South Asia by Ujjaini Mukhopadhyay Pdf

This book critically discusses the multi-dimensional contemporary issues within the ambit of the driving forces, mechanisms, vulnerability, and opportunities of the intra-region human movement in South Asia. It covers different dimensions of cross-border migration within South Asia as well as internal migration particularly in India, reflecting upon both voluntary and forced movements. It traces the trajectory and past trends in migration in the South Asian countries. It evaluates the vulnerability of refugees and stateless vis-à-vis state policies. Issues regarding Rohingya refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh, Nepalese immigration to India, the crisis around Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, Afghan returnee refugees from Pakistan and Iran, resettlement of Bhutanese refugees are explored in the chapters. It also analyzes the impact on wage inequality due to emigration, the crucial role of social capital in migration decisions, and socio-economic vulnerabilities of women migrants in India. This book provides a clear understanding of international and internal migration in South Asia for students and academics, and a valuable resource for policy-makers and planners in development studies, regional development, and South Asian studies.

Author : Nasreen Chowdhory
Publisher : Springer
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811301971

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Refugees, Citizenship and Belonging in South Asia by Nasreen Chowdhory Pdf

This book examines forced migration of two refugees groups in South Asia. The author discusses the claims of “belonging” of refugees, and asserts that in practice “belonging” can extend beyond the state-centric understanding of membership in South Asian states. She addresses two sets of interrelated questions: what factors determine whether refugees are relocated to their home countries in South Asia, and why do some repatriated groups re-integrate more successfully than others in “post-peace” South Asian states? This book answers these questions through a study of refugees from Sri Lanka and Bangladesh who sought asylum in India and were later relocated to their countries of origin. Since postcolonial societies have a typical kind of state-formation, in South Asia’s case this has profoundly shaped questions of belonging and membership. The debate tends to focus on citizenship, making it a benchmark to demarcate inclusion and exclusion in South Asian states. In addition to qualitative analysis, this book includes narratives of Sri Lankan and Chakma refugees in post-conflict and post-peace Sri Lanka and Bangladesh respectively, and critiques the impact of macro policies from the bottom up.

Author : Stellina Jolly,Nafees Ahmad
Publisher : Springer
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811331374

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Climate Refugees in South Asia by Stellina Jolly,Nafees Ahmad Pdf

This book addresses the forms of legal protection extended to people displaced due to the consequences of climate change, and who have either become refugees by crossing international borders or are climatically displaced persons (CDPs) in their own homelands. It explores the legal response of the South Asian Jurisdictions to these refugee-like situations, and also to what extent these people are protected under current international law. The book critically examines and assesses whether States have obligations to protect people displaced by climate change under international refugee law (IRL) and international climate change law (ICCL). It discusses the issue of climate migration in South Asia, analyzes the legal and judicial response initiated by South Asian nations, and also investigates the role of SAARC in relation to climate change and climate refugees. Drawing on the International Legal Standards and States’ Practices in South Asia regarding climate refugees, the book shows how IRL, ICCL, and IHRL (international human rights law) have been used to address and identify the gaps in the global legal protection framework concerning the contours of the normative debate on climate refugees, climate change displacement, migration, forced migration, susceptibility to climate change, typology of climate change-induced displacement, role of the SAARC and its municipal legal systems, approaches to climate change, human mobility and developing a hybrid regional law, or advocating a legal alternative of equal measure in a region characterized by diversity and multiculturalism. The book offers valuable takeaways for students, researchers, consultants, practitioners and policymakers alike.

Author : Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 9780231138475

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The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia by Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali Zamindar Pdf

Asian history.

Author : Dhananjay Tripathi,Sanjay Chaturvedi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000485509

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South Asia by Dhananjay Tripathi,Sanjay Chaturvedi Pdf

Post-colonial and post-partition South Asia, one of the fastest-growing and yet one of the least integrated regions of the world, is marked by both optimism and pessimism. This intriguing dichotomy of strength and weakness, security and insecurity, hope and fear, connections and disconnects underpins South Asia’s regionalism conundrum and gives birth to borders and boundaries – both material and mental – with a complex territoriality. The Janus-faced nature of South Asian borderlands – the inward nationalizing impulses entangled with the outward regional frontier-orientations – is a stark reminder that history of mobility in this eco-geographical region is much older than the history of territoriality and colonial cartography and ethnography. This collection of meticulously researched, theoretically informed, case studies from South Asia provides useful insights into bordering, ordering and othering narratives as practices and performances that are intricately entangled with identity politics and security discourses. It shows how a sharper focus on subterranean subregionalism(s), border communities, popular geopolitics of enmity, and transborder challenges to sustainability, could open up spaces for new multiple (re)imaginings of borders at diverse scales and sights including sub-urban neighbourhoods, school textbooks/cinema and trans-border conservation initiatives. The chapters in this edited volume have been contributed by both renowned as well as young emerging scholars, looking into the borders and boundaries in South Asia. Each chapter offers new perspectives and insights into themes like trans-Himalayan borderlands, India-Pakistan physical and mental borders, Afghanistan-Pakistan border and numerous social boundaries that we see in everyday South Asia. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Borderlands Studies.

Author : Partha Sarathy Ghosh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 92 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Forced migration
ISBN : UOM:39015057025408

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Migrants and Refugees in South Asia by Partha Sarathy Ghosh Pdf

Since The Partition Of Indian Sub-Continent About 35 Million People Have Been Involved In Cross-Border Movement In Search Of Security Of Life, Honour, Property Etc. The Author Discourses The Subject With Reference To The Politics And Security Of The Region. 3 Chapters-The Categories, The Political Connection And The Security Connection.

Author : Imtiaz Ahmed
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : STANFORD:36105120964833

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State, Society, and Displaced People in South Asia by Imtiaz Ahmed Pdf

Includes statistics.

Author : Pia Anjolie Oberoi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123246824

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Exile and Belonging by Pia Anjolie Oberoi Pdf

"This study traces the history of refugee policy-making and its motivations on the Indian subcontinent since 1947, examining in detail the six major instances of forced displacement on the territory of states in the region. It also examines the changing nature of the relationship between South Asian states and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees." "This volume will appeal to individuals with a general interest in refugee policy, in addition to students and scholars of modern history, political science, and international relations, focusing their attention on refugees and refugee policy-making. NGO practitioners who work on the human rights of refugees in South Asia and policy-makers will also find this volume essential."--BOOK JACKET.