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The Haitian boat people & other recent refugee groups are cited as examples of how people wishing to flee a repressive country become pawns in a stuggle between nation-states. Implicit in the response to refugees are the dismissal of the individual's right to asylum, & the affirmation of the state's claim to sovereignty & absolute control over its territory, as well as its specific national identity. For refugees, national identity confers rootedness. Thus, the concepts of statelessness & homelessness both apply to refugee status: the refugee's problem is in establishing a home (identity), not just in being denied a homeland (a space in a state). M. Pflum

Knowledge of the integration process for refugees is often subsumed under the broader category of "immigrants". This book focuses on this process for refugees, including the structural and systemic challenges they face as they integrate in their new host societies, and how they respond to such challenges. The book provides a critical analysis of Canada's approach to integrating refugees with additional chapters focused on refugee integration in Australia, Northern Ireland, and the United States.This collection of work critically addresses a range of topics and employs a variety of qualitative approaches to gain a better understanding of the lived experience of integration for refugees, including the ways in which refugees view integration and the attendant challenges and opportunities encountered during the integration process. Departing from viewing refugees as a "burden" that must be shared by the international community, the contributors to this collection explore the complex dynamics of race, class, gender, ethnicity, age, generation and legal status for refugees in a selection of local contexts of reception. The work begins a dialogue about the long-term dynamics of refugee settlement and integration with implications for the viability of future resettlement programs and practices. How the world responds to the ongoing plight of the growing numbers of displaced people will be a defining feature of the contemporary global order. This collection shifts the discourse about refugees from one of victimhood to one of refugee agency and rights. The book will be of primary interest to academics in the field of refugee and migration studies, to practitioners in the settlement sector, and to those involved in making refugee policies. It will also be useful for those who work in social services and education in countries of the global north that

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- PROFILE OF INFORMAL MIGRANT ENTREPRENEURS -- MOVING TO SOUTH AFRICA -- ENTREPRENEURIAL MOTIVATION -- BUSINESS OWNERSHIP AND STRATEGIES -- CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CAPE TOWN ECONOMY -- MOBILITY AND CROSS-BORDER LINKAGES -- BUSINESS CHALLENGES -- CONCLUSION -- ENDNOTES -- MIGRATION POLICY SERIES -- Back cover

Examines the status of the Chakma and East Pakistan refugees from Bangladesh, the Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka, and refugees from Tibet; right of asylum, general welfare, education, and employment.

The 1979 Asylum Act in Switzerland changed the granting of asylum from a political to a legal act, giving refugees the right to an asylum procedure as envisaged by the law. Refugees granted asylum enjoy all benefits of the 1951 Convention on the Status of Refugees (CSR). Further, the act contains provisions regarding work, state assistance, & political activities that improve on the conditions set by the CSR. The latter, it is argued, needs to be updated to changes in persecution patterns. However, it should not be replaced by general human rights law, since it addresses the specificity of the refugee condition. Instead, the two should be integrated in a way that would best respond to the special needs of refugees. R. Jaramillo

Denmark is a party to the 1951 Geneva Convention and the 1967 New York Protocol. Furthermore, the Danish Aliens Act has a provision defining de facto refugees. Both categories of refugee have a legal claim for asylum, unless another state is considered the country of first asylum. Evaluates Denmark's compliance with the Convention. Comments critically on the appropriateness of the Convention rights regime and the different legal preconditions for entitlement to rights and benefits, and considers the future of legal protection for refugees. (Original abstract-amended)

Deals with the implementation of the 1951 Geneva Convention in law and practice. Evaluates Norway's record, and assesses the appropriateness of the Convention regime in light of the Norwegian situation. Discusses the value of a refugee-specific rights regime, as distinguished from general international human rights law. Also examines the rights of those persons granted humanitarian status and temporary status. Administrative decisions are not publicized nor systematically arranged even for administrative purposes. Norway has not been a traditional country of asylum. (Original abstract-amended)

Examines Uganda's compliance with the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, in relation to legal status, gainful employment, freedom of movement, expulsion, and naturalization.

Introduction:A national project: exploring Canadian exceptionalism in refugee resettlement /Margaret Walton-Roberts, Luisa Veronis, and Leah K. Hamilton --Part OnePerspectives of Syrian refugees --Part 1ASyrian refugees's experiences with resettlement, reception, and integration --Right information at the right time: Optimizing the provision of information to facilitate the settlement and integration of Refugees in Canada /Victoria M. Esses, Leah K. Hamilton, Mohammed El Hazzouri, Alina Sutter, Bailey McCafferty, and Ajit Pyati --Alberta Syrian Refugee Project: Understanding trauma and resilience in refugee resettlement / Julie Drolet, Gayatri Moorthi, Lisa Elford, Amanda Weightman, Dania El Chaar, Esra Al Saadi, Careen Khoury, and Erin Smith --Health needs and service use of newly arrived Syrian refugees /Andrew Tuck, Anna Oda, Michaela Hynie, Caroline Bennett-Abu Ayyash, Brenda Roche, Branka Agic, and Kwame McKenzie --Part 1BExperiences of Syrian refugee children, youth, and families --Honeymoon's over: Post-settlement issues and challenges for Syrian refugee youth in Canada /Jan Stewart and Dania El Chaar --Stress in refugee resettlement: Syrian mothers' strains and buffers during early integration /Melissa A. Milkie, Neda Maghbouleh, and Ito Peng --Syrian refugee youths' use of social media as a space for communicating social support during resettlement /Rukhsana Ahmed, Luisa Veronis, and Idris Alghazali --Part TwoSyrian refugee resettlement context --Part 2ACivil society and community perspectives and experiences --Interrogating Canada's response to the Syrian crisis: Analyzing the observations of post-secondary youth /James Baker and Leah K. Hamilton --Accommodating government-assisted Syrian refugee newcomers: The experiences of resettlement assistance program providers /Damaris Rose and Alexandra G. Charette --Private sponsorship of Syrian refugees: Perspectives of sponsors and refugees in Quebec /Marie-Jeanne Blain, Lourdes Rodriguez del Barrio, Roxane Caron, Marie-Claire Rufagari, Myriam Richard, Yannick Boucher, and Caroline Lester --Tale of three mid-sized cities: Syrian refugee resettlement and a progressive sense of place /Margaret Walton-Roberts, Luisa Veronis, Blair Cullen, and Huyen Dam --Part 2AReception and integration in smaller cities and rural areas --Splits in the Neighbourhood? Negotiating visibility in a rural reception context /Christopher Kyriakides, Karen Anderson, Lubna Bajjali, and Arthur McLuhan --Community engaged in the reception of Syrian refugees: The case of Moncton, New Brunswick /Chedly Belkhodja --Syrian refugee integration in Newfoundland and Labrador /Tony Fang, Halina Sapeha, Kerri Claire Neil, and Opeyemi Jaunty-Aidamenbor --Conclusion:Outcomes and lessons from Canada's experience with the Syrian refugee resettlement initiative /Luisa Veronia, Leah K. Hamilton, and Margaret Walton-Roberts.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: Entrapping Asylum Seekers: Introduction -- The Social, Legal and Economic Precariousness of Asylum Seekers -- Entrapment, Agency and Resistance -- About This Book -- References -- 2: Unmasking the Cultural Construction of Asylum Screening at the Border -- The Technocratic Fallacy of Asylum Screening -- Impenetrable Professional Worlds and Meta-narratives -- Learning to Disbelieve: Categorization, Skills and Credibility -- Rationalizing Refusal -- The Taciturn World of Bureaucratic Decisions -- Behind the Screen -- References -- 3: Beyond the Border Spectacle: Migration Across the Mediterranean Sea -- Introduction -- The Growing Migrant Crisis -- The Humanitarian Discourse -- The Military-Humanitarian Border Spectacle -- Conclusions -- References -- 4: Seeking Asylum in Neoliberal Cairo: Refugee Protests and the Securitization of Humanitarianism -- Introduction -- Refugee Aid and Neoliberal Urbanity in Cairo -- The UNHCR: Gated Architectures and Security Practices -- Refugee Protests and the Contestation of Securitized Aid -- Conclusion: A Secondary State of Exclusion -- References -- 5: Contesting Entrapment: Women Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong -- Introduction -- Seeking Asylum in Hong Kong -- Refugee Protection Legal Framework in Hong Kong -- Politico-legal Factors of Entrapment for Women Asylum Seekers in Hong Kong -- Entrapped by Stereotypes of Asylum Seekers -- Precarious Livelihoods -- NGOs and Precarious Livelihoods -- Companionship and Entrapment -- Employment Strategies and Precarity -- Conclusion -- References -- 6: 'This Time I Am Going to Cross!': Fighting Entrapment Processes Through the Provision of Human Smuggling Services on the US-Mexico Border -- Introduction: 'My Gordo1 Is on His Way!' -- Human Smuggling and the Family