What is a refugee?
By: William Maley
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Brunswick, Victoria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781925321869
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Political refugees; Globalization
Description: In Australia, growing alarm about the arrival of asylum-seekers set in around the time of the Tampa affair in 2001, and has led to the country imposing increasingly draconian anti-refugee policies. In Europe, the recent arrival of over a million refugees and asylum-seekers has provoked a sense of panic across that continent and beyond.--Arguing that Western states are now reaping the consequences of policies aimed at blocking safe and 'legal' access to asylum, What is a Refugee?This lucid book also tells of the families and individuals who have sought refuge, highlighting the suffering, separation and dislocation on their perilous journeys to safety. Only through such stories can we properly begin to understand what it is to be a refugee.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.