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Provides a much-needed perspective on the geopolitical, economic and social consequences of refugees, drawing out key global themes and illustrating them with empirical and comparative material. The first section (of three) deals with the background of the refugee crisis; its effects in the countries of first asylum, predominantly in the poorer countries of the south''; and the new challenges facing governments and migrants in the richer countries of the north''. Prospects for future research on refugees by geographers and social scientists as well as its rising significance for economic development and social welfare in both poor and rich nations are discussed in the final section.
List of contents
Partial table of contents:
Geography and Refugees: Current Issues (R. Black).
RECEPTION, SETTLEMENT, AND REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES IN THE THIRDWORLD.
`Internal Refugees': The Case of the Displaced in Khartoum (J.Bascom).
Mass Flight in the Middle East: Involuntary Migration and the GulfConflict, 1990-91 (N. Van Hear).
REFUGEES AND ASYLUM-SEEKERS IN THE DEVELOPED WORLD.
The `Sweden-wide Strategy' of Refugee Dispersal (T. Hammar).
North and South: Resettling Vietnamese Refugees in Australia andthe UK (V. Robinson).
NEW DIRECTIONS, NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
Repatriation and Information: A Theoretical Model (K. Koser).
Forced Migration and Ethnic Processes in the Former Soviet Union(Z. Zayonchkovskaya, et al.).
CONCLUSION.
Retrospect and Prospect: Where Next for Geography and RefugeeStudies?
(V. Robinson).
Index.
About the author
Richard Black and Vaughan Robinson are the authors of Geography and Refugees: Patterns and Processes of Change, published by Wiley.
Summary
Examines the geopolitical, economic and social consequences of forced migration, illustrating key global themes with empirical and comparative material. The text deals with the background to the refugee crisis, its effects in the countries of first asylum and the challenges facing governments.
