Forced Migration and the Contemporary World:
Challenges to the International System
ed Andrzej Bolesta. 2003.
ISBN 83-88463-33-0. 280pp. HB.
In this publication, Andrzej Bolesta, a Master's of Studies graduate from the Refugee Studies Centre, brings together a collection of essays by the RSC's MSt students. They tackle a wide diversity of topics ranging from the UN convention relating to the status of refugees, the UN and the issue of IDPs, to the examination of US immigration detention policy. Case studies cover the social contract and refugee protection in Turkey and Germany, revitalising the rights of forced migrants in Islam, durable solutions for Mozambique and Kosovo, repatriation and reintegration in Afghanistan, the protection of displaced persons in East Timor and the socio-legal conditions of Palestinian refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan.
Contact: bolesta@wspiz.edu.pl or Libra, Wydawnictwo i Drukarnia PPHU, 15-232 Bialystok, ul Mickiewicza 66/1, Poland. Email: libradruk@wp.pl
The Ethics and Politics of Asylum: Liberal
Democracy and the Response to Refugees
by Matthew J Gibney. July
2004. 298pp. ISBN 0521009375. £15.99.
This publication draws upon political and ethical theory and an examination of the experiences of the US, Germany, UK and Australia to consider how to respond to the challenges of asylum. In addition to explaining why asylum has emerged as such a key political issue in recent years, it discusses how states could move towards implementing morally defensible responses to refugees.
Contact: UK Sales Department, Cambridge University Press, The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1223 326050. Website: www.cambridge.org
Forced Migrants in the New Johannesburg: Towards a
Local Government Response
ed Loren B Landau. Forced Migration
Studies Programme, Wits University. June 2004. 114pp. Online at:
www.migration.wits.ac.za/FMNJ.html
This publication explores how South Africa's newly global cities can address and incorporate international migrants. Forced Migrants in the New Johannesburg outlines the responsibilities of local government towards asylum seekers and refugees and the benefits of inclusion for all city residents. This is followed by a series of short papers exploring specific issues: access to education, youth, health, housing, financial services, and forced migrants' relations to the police. Each of these papers offers positive recommendations to help build a safer, more prosperous and inclusive city.
Contact: FMSP, Graduate School for the Humanities & Social Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag X3, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa. Tel: +27 (11)717 4032. Email: migration@pghumanities.wits.ac.za
Refugees: Renewing the Vision
by
Richard Williams. Refugee Council. 2004. 22pp. Online at:
www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/downloads/policy_briefings/renewing_vision.pdf
This paper, developed by the UK's Refugee Council in partnership with leading refugee and human rights agencies, attempts to set out a positive, alternative agenda for improving the asylum system in Europe and in so doing provides a starting point for debate. It begins by establishing some key principles and approaches and goes on to indicate how they might be applied.
Contact: Refugee Council, 3 Bondway, London SW8 1SJ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7820 3042. Email: marketing@refugeecouncil.org.uk
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