Refugees & Political Asylum

For many refugees, economic survival in refugee camps is extraordinarily difficult. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research , this ...

In the 1920s, the US government passed legislation against undocumented entry into the country, and as a result the figure of the “illegal alien” t...

Almost half the people displaced worldwide are under 18, yet their voices are rarely heard. This book records the experiences of children arriving ...

In July 2013, the UK government arranged for a van to drive through parts of London carrying the message 'In the UK illegally? GO HOME or face arre...

As a result of the genocide in Darfur, tens of thousands of people have been forced to flee Sudan and seek refuge in overcrowded, desolate desert c...

This book is the first specifically to explore methodological issues relating to the involvement of refugees in both service evaluation and develop...

Humans on the Run is an attempt to preserve memories of several microscopic journeys embarked upon by humans, in time and space, often under condit...

A heartbreaking account of a poor and illiterate young West African’s odyssey to Europe, translated by one of Britain’s most celebrated playwrights...

This edited volume brings together scholars from various disciplines to discuss how language is used by, for, and about refugees in the United Stat...

A Sunday Times Paperback of the YearJason Cowley, editor-in-chief of the New Statesman, examines contemporary England through key news stories from...

For many refugees, economic survival in refugee camps is extraordinarily difficult. Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative research , this ...

This significant contribution to the debate on immigration reform was President John F. Kennedy's final book and is as timely now as it was when it...

Shortlisted for the 2024 Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing Longlisted for the 2023 Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing Rohingya men...

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of the Rohingya refugee crisis in Bangladesh. It analyses the socio-cultural and humanitarian challenge...

This book is the first study of displaced Mozambican men, women, and children—from refugees and asylum seekers to liberation leaders, students, and...

This is an unusual book. Combining social science fiction, utopianism, pragmatism, sober analysis and innovative social theory, the authors address...

The Ethics of Refugee Repatriation considers when bodies such as the UN, government agencies and NGOs ought to help refugees to return home. Drawin...

In the last four decades, Australia has resettled thousands of African refugees. As a visibly different minoritised group, Black African youth are ...