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The International Refugee Crisis

British and Canadian Responses

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  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. Vaughan Robinson

    1. Migration Unit, Department of Geography, University College of Swansea, UK

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction: Needs and Responses

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Nature of the Crisis and the Academic Response

      • Vaughan Robinson
      Pages 3-13

  3. Getting In: Policy and Practice

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. The International Refugee Crisis: The Canadian Response

      • Stanley B. Knight
      Pages 17-25

    3. The Official View

      1. Refugees: The Responsibilities of the UK Government
        • Timothy Renton
        Pages 26-33

    4. The Societal Context: Attitudes to Immigration, Immigrants and Refugees

      1. Refugees and Ethnic Relations in Canada
        • Norman Buchignani
        Pages 35-56
      2. Migration to Britain: Racism, State Regulation and Employment
        • Robert Miles, Paula Cleary
        Pages 57-75

    5. The Development of Policy towards Refugee Movements

      1. Canadian Refugee Policy to 1980: Historical Overview
        • Irving Abella
        Pages 77-94
      2. Refugees in Twentieth-century Britain: A Brief History
        • Panikos Panayi
        Pages 95-112

    6. Current Legislation and its Implementation

      1. Refugee Status in Canada
        • Julius H. Grey
        Pages 115-131
      2. A Review of the Politics of Canadian Refugee Selection
        • Tanya Basok, Alan Simmons
        Pages 132-157
      3. Current Law and Practice in the UK
        • Ian Macdonald
        Pages 158-173

    7. Resisting the Law

      1. Sanctuary in Canada
        • Charles Stastny, Gabrielle Tyrnauer
        Pages 175-195
      2. Sanctuary in Britain
        • Paul Weller
        Pages 196-209

  4. Getting By: People, Policy and Problems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-211
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    2. The Refugee Experience: Adjustment and Mental Health

      1. After the Door Has Been Opened: The Mental Health of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada
        • Morton Beiser
        Pages 213-227
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There may be 20 million refugees around the world today. For many, their search for freedom ends in camps in countries of first asylum. There they wait for offers of permanent resettlement in the West. This book explores how two countries traditionally noted for their humanitarian treatment of refugees have responded to the refugee crisis of the 1980s and 90s, how they have recast their admission criteria, developed reception policies and constructed resettlement programmes.

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  • Migration Unit, Department of Geography, University College of Swansea, UK

    Vaughan Robinson

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