The refuge and the fortress
Subtitle: Britain and the flight from tyranny
By: Jeremy Seabrook
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Basingstoke [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780230218772; 9780230218789
Subjects: Emigration and immigration; Refugees; Government policy; Biography; History
Description: In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britains past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as vital questions about our present-day attitudes towards immigration and asylum.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.
Table of contents: title: Academic refugees; title: Then; title: Until; title: Eastern Europe; title: South America; title: Southern Africa; title: West and North Africa; title: Now; title: The Arab world; title: Africa; title: The Caucusus, Iran, Central Asia, and the Far East; title: The journey to safety.