Desperate Crossings - Seeking Refuge in America

This work provides an examination of US refugee policy since the 1960s, particularly as it has been applied to Cuba, Haiti and Central America. The authors also address world-wide refugee problems, proposing ideas for the 21st century.

List of contents

Introduction: Crossings to America; Chapter 1 A Shifting Course: Immigrants; Chapter 2 A Foreign-Policy Compass: Refugees and Asylum Seekers; Chapter 3 The Mariel Floodtide: Mass Escape; Chapter 4 Erecting Floodgates: Escape by Sea; Chapter 5 Erecting Fences: Escape Over Land; Chapter 6 In Foreign Waters: Barring Escape; Chapter 7 Charting a New Course;

About the author

Zucker, Norman L.; Zucker, Naomi Flint

Product details

• Authors: Naomi Flint Zucker, Norman L Zucker, Norman L. Zucker, Zucker Naomi Flint, Zucker Norman L.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.1996
• EAN: 9781563247286
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-728-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, Haiti, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, Cuba, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Refugees, Migration, immigration & emigration, United States of America, USA, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Central / national / federal government policies, Refugees and political asylum, Refugees & Political Asylum, Civics and citizenship, Central government policies, Central America, Mexico and Central America