An overview of the world refugee crisis.

1994 ◽  
pp. 17-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Leopold ◽  
Barbara Harrell-Bond
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The World

scholarly journals A forced migration from Myanmar to Bangladesh and beyond: humanitarian response to Rohingya refugee crisis

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Malang Faye
Keyword(s):  
Forced Migration ◽  
International Community ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government ◽  
Mass Killings

AbstractIt is widely agreed that the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar are currently named as the most persecuted minority in the world. The racial prosecution is triggered by the decades of longstanding insurgency between the Government of Myanmar and the Rohingya Muslims over the issues of religious and ethnic discrepancy. This article presents the measures taken by the international community to stop these mass killings. The article offers critical insights into strategies used by Myanmar’s government to suppress the Rohingyas. This study highlights the rights violation and humanitarian struggle faced by the Rohingya people and the humanitarian response to the crises by the international community.

scholarly journals Ideological Extremism Among Syrian Refugees Is Negatively Related to Intentions to Migrate to the West

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 1362-1374
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Jasko ◽  
David Webber ◽  
Erica Molinario ◽  
Arie W. Kruglanski ◽  
Katharine Touchton-Leonard
Keyword(s):  
National Security ◽  
Home Country ◽  
Syrian Refugees ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Refugee Status ◽  
The West ◽  
Political Beliefs ◽  
The World ◽  
Negative Sentiment ◽  
Practical Implications

The conflict in Syria created a dire humanitarian situation, as nations around the world struggled with how best to deal with the more than 6.6 million Syrian refugees who fled their homes to escape aggression. Resistance to granting refugee status to individuals often originates in the belief that the influx of refugees endangers national security because of the presumably extremist religious and political beliefs that refugees hold. The present research surveyed Syrian refugees residing in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Iraq ( N = 1,000). The results revealed that the majority of surveyed refugees did not intend to migrate to the West and would rather return to their home country. More importantly, refugees most interested in moving to Western countries were the least likely to subscribe to Islamist extremism or to harbor negative sentiment toward the West. Theoretical and practical implications for addressing the current refugee crisis are discussed.

Migration and Refuge

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Patrick Walsh
Keyword(s):  
Political Violence ◽  
Media Coverage ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ecological Change ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Haitian Literature ◽  
Political Crises ◽  
Natural Catastrophes ◽  
The World ◽  
Over Time

This book argues that contemporary Haitian literature historicizes the political and environmental problems brought to the surface by the 2010 earthquake by building on texts of earlier generations, notably at the end of the Duvalier era and its aftermath. Haitian writers have made profound contributions to debates about the converging paths of political crises and natural catastrophes, yet their writings on the legacies of colonialism, imperialism, and neoliberalism are often neglected in heated debates about environmental futures. The earthquake only exacerbated this contradiction. Despite the fact that Haitian authors have long treated the connections between political violence, social and economic precariousness, and ecological degradation, in media coverage around the world, the earthquake would have suddenly exposed scandalous conditions on the ground in Haiti. Informed by Haitian studies and models of postcolonial ecocriticism, the book conceives of literature as an “eco-archive,” or a body of texts that depicts ecological change over time and its impact on social and environmental justice. Focusing equally on established and less well-known authors, this study contends that the eco-archive challenges future-oriented, universalizing narratives of the Anthropocene and the global refugee crisis with portrayals of different forms and paths of migration and refuge within Haiti and around the Americas.

Exodus: The World Refugee Crisis

1994 ◽  
pp. 175 ◽  
Author(s):  
Morton I. Abramowitz
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
The World

scholarly journals Early Warning: North Korean Refugees in China

Refuge ◽  
1999 ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Donald S. Rickerd
Keyword(s):  
Early Warning ◽  
North Korea ◽  
People’S Republic Of China ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
People's Republic Of China ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
North Korean Refugees ◽  
The World

Very little is known about the tragic "flood" of poverty-stricken, starving refugees from North Korea who are seeking food and safety in the People's Republic of China. This article sheds some light on their plight and the emerging refugee crisis in that part of the world.

scholarly journals The Party Abroad: A New Modus Operandi for Political Parties

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (4) ◽  
pp. 839-855
Author(s):  
Ekaterina R Rashkova
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
The Political ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Country Of Birth ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
The World ◽  
Changing Role ◽  
Traditional Manner

Abstract In an era where millions of people live elsewhere than their country of birth and many hold multiple nationalities, the questions of who and how represents these people becomes imperative. The traditional manner of representation is through political parties, yet the form in which parties have historically existed is within state bounds. Throughout time, we have witnessed the transition from cadre to cartel parties and through them the changing role of the political party. This article argues that with the vast expansion of the movement of people around the world, which has been influenced by the enlargement of the European Union, by globalisation, migration and most recently by the refugee crisis, political parties are reshaping their structures both domestically and internationally, and we are witnessing the development of a ‘new modus operandi’ of political parties—the party abroad. The party abroad is viewed as a natural evolvement of the functions of domestic political parties in their response to a changing civil society and changing competitive space. The article provides a theory of the party abroad, it discusses how it relates to previous models of political parties and offers a framework based on which we can study it.

Refugee Education Policies

2018 ◽  
pp. 12-46
Author(s):  
Adnan Boyacı ◽  
Yakup Öz
Keyword(s):  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
Education Policies ◽  
Refugee Education ◽  
Mass Public ◽  
Nation States ◽  
The World ◽  
Durable Solutions ◽  
The Will ◽  
Definition Of

Continuing conflicts and wars in emergencies are the main sources of refugee flows around the world. Dealing with refugee crisis loads social, political and economic burden to the host countries based on the preferred durable solutions. And the educational services provided to refugees are also changing in accordance with the legal recognition of the immigrant status issued by the host countries. In this study refugee education policies are examined by identifying legal definition of refugees and types of durable solutions, discussing controversies of refugee education in mass public education of nation states, dealing with refugee education in camp and urban settings, criticizing the will of international organization in handling refugee crisis and education, and focusing on a current refugee flow from Syria in the context of Turkish refugee education policies and practices. At the end, importance on taking responsibilities in refugee crisis and education by all nations of the world is emphasized, considering that quality refugee education would be helpful for rebuilding refugees' society and nation in their country of origin again.

Municipalities and Refugee Crisis

2019 ◽  
pp. 669-678
Author(s):  
Şefika Şule Erçetin ◽  
Nihan Potas ◽  
Şuay Nilhan Açıkalın ◽  
Nedim Özdemir ◽  
Abdullah Mesut Doğan
Keyword(s):  
Drinking Water ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Asylum Seekers ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
Safe Haven ◽  
Policy Issues ◽  
The World ◽  
Long Time ◽  
Administrative Regulation ◽  
Health Social Services

Truly, while some countries are still grappling with policy issues to do with acceptance of the refugees in their respective countries, Turkey has become a safe haven to many, a refugee. This has not only featured the ordinary aspects of food, shelter, drinking water, clothing but also services like education, health, social services and transport assistance. Even more crucially, Turkey has offered other aspects bordering on integration, rights and freedoms, representation, mainstreaming and identity which are critical to the asylum seekers. This makes them feel at home especially given that they may end up staying for a long time or even never return to their homes. Such a process requires multi-dimensional legal and administrative regulation but Turkey has always come up with its own localized version of legal settings to accommodate spontaneous issues. This is what has distinguished Turkey from all other countries in the world given its immeasurable, priceless and invaluable handling of asylum seekers.

The UN High Commission for Refugees and the Refugee Crisis in Africa: High Commissioner’s statement to informal meeting of permanent representatives of African States accredited to the United Nations Office at Geneva, March 9, 1982

1982 ◽  
Vol 12 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 25-28
Author(s):  
Poul Hartling
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
African Unity ◽  
The World ◽  
Informal Meeting ◽  
Organization Of African Unity ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Refugee Problem

Africa remains the continent with the greatest number of refugees. All over the continent, refugees arrive in countries facing their own development problems and difficulties; they are, nevertheless, received with generosity and hospitality, in line with deep-rooted traditions that have remained alive thoughout the turmoil of events.I cannot but emphasize once more, at the outset of this gathering, my profound appreciation for this approach of African governments and peoples to the refugee problem. This attitude brings considerable relief to the plight of the refugees and is an example to the world; it is also an ever-present asset in our relationship with the governments and in our co-operation with the Organization of African Unity, the multiple aspects of which are being constantly developed and reinforced in the most positive humanitarian spirit.

No War Pact

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-116
Author(s):  
Pallavi Raghavan
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
The Other ◽  
Refugee Crisis ◽  
World Views ◽  
The World ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Jawaharlal Nehru ◽  
The Relationship

The No War Pact correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Liaquat Ali Khan is interesting for several reasons: its timing, the personalities, the possibilities it seemed to offer for the relationship ship, and the glimpses it offered into the world views of India and Pakistan during the 1950s. The Evacuee Property Conferences, as well as the refugee crisis in Bengal formed the immediate context in which Liaquat Ali Khan and Nehru opened negotiations on a possible No War Pact. In many ways, moreover, the correspondence also shows how deeply connected the shaping of foreign policy was with domestic politics—India’s and Pakistan’s international relations were shaped out of the domestic concerns of both nation. One reason that the correspondence was taking place at all was that it could offer the possibility of some movement on the questions of water and evacuee property. The correspondence offered an opportunity for India and Pakistan to clarify their positions internationally as mutually exclusive entities: at the same time, it was also for progress in leading to more accommodative outcomes for talks around the agenda of separation. This chapter shows that the business of going about disentangling oneself from the other did not in fact necessarily mandate international stances that had to be hostile to one another: they could also be built upon an attempt at dialogue.

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