Refugees & Political Asylum

A new edition of this seminal book, now with a new introduction by the author on the current crisisHow can society cope with the diaspora of the tw...

In September 2015 the world woke up to the fact that people seeking refuge from war and persecution were drowning by their thousands in the Mediter...

In this new book, acclaimed photographer, Gideon Mendel, - performed a type of contemporary ethno-archaeology, evoking the camp resident's humanit...

This poignant collection of oral histories tells the stories of nine Laotians, four Cambodians and nine Vietnamese: what their lives were like b...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence This ground breaking book presents the first evidence of forced labour among displaced migrants who...

'Extraordinary yet previously untold true story . . . meticulously researched . . . it's also taut, compelling, and impossible to put down' Daily E...

For decades, immigration has been one of the most divisive, contentious topics in American politics. And for decades, urgent calls for its policy r...

The history of Europe as a continent of refugeesEuropean history has been permeated with refugees. The Outsiders chronicles every major refugee mov...

The seas are filled with migrants risking their lives on perilous crossings; Europe is engulfed by xenophobia and fear. In the cities and towns, in...

Outback noir has a new star MARK SANDERSON, The Times Deliciously dark ALISON FLOOD, Guardian Outback noir with the noir dialled right up. I lov...

While many excellent books have been published about the nineteenth century county asylums in England, comparatively little has been written about ...

A remarkably warm-hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boy's survival against the odds. Abdi's world fell apart when he was only fifteen ...

Ilhan Omars career is a collection of historic firsts: she is the first refugee, the first Somali-American and one of the first two Muslim women to...

Today, 426 million children are growing up in war zones. Since 1919 Save the Children has been protecting and promoting the well-being of childre...

A clear and concise A-to-Z of keywords that echo our current human rights crisis As millions are forced to leave their nations of origin as a resul...

  A poignant story of three young adults trying to make a future for themselves in war-torn Damascus Syria - a country at war. Amal, Hammoudi and...

Today, no one really thinks of Britain as a land of camps. Camps seem to happen 'elsewhere', from Greece, to Palestine, to the global South. Yet ov...