European governments are now engaging in one of the largest exercises in social engineering that the continent has seen since the Second World War. Hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers and refugees in Europe are now being denied their basic right to choose where they live and are instead being compulsorily dispersed. Spreading the 'burden' is: . vbTab]the first book-length study of dispersal policies;. vbTab]explicitly comparative in nature and written by three national experts;. vbTab]highly topical and controversial as the review of dispersal policies is under way in many countries;....
European governments are now engaging in one of the largest exercises in social engineering that the continent has seen since the Second World War. Hu...
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.
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 wai...
