Refugees & Political Asylum


"Refugee Women"

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This new and revised edition includes new material on the legal issues and policies developed to protect displaced women, and addresses the increasingly recognised problem of internally displaced persons, focusing on the unique hardships for women who are forced from their homes. With illustrations. 2 rev ed. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 260g.
Author:  Forbes-Martin, Susan
ISBN:  0739105892
Publisher:  Rowman & Littlefield
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Refugees & Political Asylum

"Reluctant Refuge"

The Story of Asylum in Britain

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Refugees and asylum seekers are amongst the most vulnerable and disempowered people in the world. This book attempts to show how current attitudes reflect a centuries-old tradition of ambivalence towards the world's dispossessed, fuelled by economic protectionism and the perceived need to maintain social cohesion. Paperback, 153 pages. Size: 216 x 138 mm. Weight: 216g.
Author:  Friedman, Edie Klein, Reva
ISBN:  0712308873
Publisher:  The British Library Publishing Division
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Refugees & Political Asylum

"The Refugee in International Law"

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The situation of refugees is one of the most pressing and urgent problems facing the international community and refugee law has grown in recent years to a subject of global importance. In this long-awaited third edition each chapter has been thoroughly revised and updated and every issue, old and new, has received fresh analysis. 3 rev ed. Paperback, 848 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 1281g.
Author:  Goodwin-Gill, Guy S. Mcadam, Jane
ISBN:  0199207631
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Refugees & Political Asylum

"The Refugee in International Society"

Between Sovereigns

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"Cambridge Studies in International Relations" series; Examines the history of refugees in order to explore their place in international politics. Paperback, 252 pages. Size: 227 x 151 mm. Weight: 410g.
Author:  Haddad, Emma
ISBN:  0521688957
Publisher:  Cambridge University Press
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Refugees & Political Asylum

"Notes From My Travels"

Visits With Refugees in Africa, Cambodia, Pakistan and Ecuador

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The journals of actress Angelina Jolie's travels as a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, through some of the world's poorest countries. With 16pp b&w plates. Paperback, 240 pages. Size: 210 x 135 mm. Weight: 251g.
Author:  Jolie, Angelina
ISBN:  0743470230
Publisher:  Simon & Schuster
Date:  2003  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Refugees & Political Asylum

"Asylum Denied"

A Refugee's Struggle for Safety in America

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Tells of the author's near-murder, imprisonment, and torture in Kenya; his escape to the United States; and the obstacle course of ordeals and proceedings he faced as US government agencies sought to deport him to Kenya. With illustrations, maps. Hardback, 360 pages. Size: 235 x 159 mm. Weight: 611g.
Author:  Kenney, David Ngaruri Schrag, Philip G.
ISBN:  0520255100
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2008  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Refugees & Political Asylum

"The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Unhcr)"

The Politics and Practice of Refugee Protection Into the 21st Century

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"Global Institutions" series; Offers an introduction to both the world of refugees and the UN organization that protects and assists them. This work traces the relationship between state interests, global politics, and the work of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR). With 4 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 3 black & white halftones, 1 black & white li. Paperback, 184 pages. Size: 138 x 216 mm. Weight: 237g.
Author:  Loescher, Gil Betts, Alexander Milner, James
ISBN:  0415418631
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2008  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Refugees & Political Asylum

"Human Cargo"

A Journey Among Refugees

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Is there a difference between 'good' asylum seekers and 'bad' economic migrants? What happens to those whose applications are turned down? This work celebrates the courage and will to survive shown by ordinary human beings. New ed. Paperback, 352 pages. Size: 198 x 129 mm. Weight: 245g.
Author:  Moorehead, Caroline
ISBN:  0099492873
Publisher:  Vintage
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Refugees & Political Asylum

"Human Cargo"

A Journey Among Refugees

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She is shown the graves in Sicily of drowned boat people, and examines the fence that has been built across Texas and into the sea to keep migrants out of America. She has interviewed emigration officials in Australia and members of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Geneva. With illustrations. Hardback, 336 pages. Weight: 441g.
Author:  Moorehead, Caroline
ISBN:  0701175958
Publisher:  Vintage
Date:  2005  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Refugees & Political Asylum

"The State of the World's Refugees"

Human Displacement in the New Millennium

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This new Report from the UNHCR, the first since 2000, provides an up-to-date and highly accessible overview of recent key developments related to internal and cross-border displacement of people throughout the world. As well as analyzing policy issues, it provides a wealth of statistical graphs, tables, and maps. With numerous halftones, tables, maps, and graphs. Paperback, 340 pages. Size: 246 x 189 mm. Weight: 560g.
Author:  The Office of the United Nations High Co
ISBN:  0199290954
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Refugees & Political Asylum

"The Turbulent Decade"

Confronting the Refugee Crises of the 1990S

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The end of the cold war and the loosening grip of superpower influence resulted in the proliferation of political, ethnic, tribal and religious rivalries. This work presents an account of the author's UN experience, focusing on four crises in which she directed relief - Northern Iraq, the Balkans, the African Great Lakes region and Afghanistan. New ed. Paperback, 402 pages. Size: 233 x 155 mm. Weight: 595g.
Author:  Ogata, Sadako
ISBN:  0393929221
Publisher:  W W Norton & Co Ltd
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Refugees & Political Asylum

"Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children"

The Response of Social Work Services

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A ground-breaking study exploring how social work services in the UK respond to young asylum seekers. Paperback, 248 pages. Size: 210 x 140 mm. Weight: 339g.
Author:  Wade, Jim Mitchell, Fiona Graeme, Baylis
ISBN:  190369986X
Publisher:  British Association for Adoption and Fostering (Baaf)
Date:  2006  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Refugees & Political Asylum

"Strangers Either Way"

The Lives of Croatian Refugees in Their New Home

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"European Anthropology in Translation" series; Croatia gained world attention during the break-up of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. This book offers a different insight into Croatia in the 1990s: it deals with one of the consequences of the war, namely, with the more or less forcible migration of Croats from Serbia and their settlement in Croatia, supposedly their ethnic homeland. With 30 ills, bibliog., index. Hardback, 224 pages. Weight: 442g.
Author:  Zmegac, Jasna Capo
ISBN:  1845453174
Publisher:  Berghahn Books
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Undergraduate Refugees & Political Asylum

"23rd London Regiment 1798-1919"

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With 7m.. New ed. Paperback, 204 pages. Weight: 505g.
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ISBN:  1843423677
Publisher:  Naval & Military Press Ltd
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Regiments

"Eighty-Fifth King's Light Infantry (Now 2nd Battn. the King's Shropshire Light Infantry)"

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Renamed 2nd Battalion The King's Shropshire Light Infantry. Reprint of the 1913 original edition. With ill.11col.ill.m.. Paperback, 571 pages. Weight: 505g.
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ISBN:  1843425866
Publisher:  Naval & Military Press Ltd
Date:  2003  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Regiments

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