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Refugee Solutions in the Age of Global Crisis tackles the world's three main policies for addressing refugee crises -- voluntary repatriation, local integration, and third country resettlement. These policies were set up by the UN in the aftermath of World War II, and they have not been updated since. In fact, they have been slowly breaking down. Using detailed contemporary case studies, this book analyzes these policies from a social work perspective, with special attention to human rights, integration, and sustainable development.
List of contents
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Why Refugee Solutions?
- Chapter 2: The Global Refugee Crisis
- Chapter 3: The Global Refugee Solutions
- Chapter 4: Voluntary Repatriation to the Country of Origin
- Chapter 5: The Case of Somali Voluntary Repatriation
- Chapter 6: Local Integration in the Country of First Asylum
- Chapter 7: The Case of Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement
- Chapter 8: Resettlement to a Third Country
- Chapter 9: The Case of the Arizona Refugee Empowerment Project
- Chapter 10: Refugee Solutions Reconsidered
- References
About the author
David K. Androff, Ph.D., M.S.W. is Associate Director for Doctoral Education and Associate Professor of Social Work at Arizona State University. He is Director of the Office of Global Social Work and a Senior Sustainability Scholar at the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability
Summary
One in every ninety-five people on the planet has been forcibly displaced from their home and our collective response is woefully inadequate. Through comparative case study, Refugee Solutions in the Age of Global Crisis provides the first policy analysis in 70 years of the three durable solutions -- voluntary repatriation, local integration, and third country resettlement -- and offers implications for their reform. Reforming yesterday's solutions requires understanding how they have been used, how they have failed, and how they can be improved.
Using comparative case studies of the Somali Voluntary Repatriation Program, the Kalobeyei Integrated Settlement, and the Arizona Refugee Empowerment Project this book provides a comprehensive, global, and timely policy analysis grounded in social work, human rights, and sustainable development. The case studies focus on refugee policies and populations from Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America, as well as contemporary voluntary repatriation, local integration, and third country resettlement programs. This book offers implications for improving refugee solutions to promote human rights, integration, and sustainable development. This is vital to counter the rising tide of restrictionist, anti-refugee sentiment and policies.
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David Androff's book provides rich insight into the challenges posed by the intensification of forced migration and the relative weakness of enforcing global obligations towards refugees in the 21st Century. Drawing upon extensive knowledge of human rights and social development, Androff importantly draws attention to the centrality of integration or reintegration to each of the "durable solutions" and provides concrete policy steps to foster a more just refugee system. The book will be invaluable to scholars, students, and practitioners, spurring greater engagement on this critical global social policy issue.
