Refugees in Extended Exile: Living on the Edge

by Wenona Giles and Jennifer Hyndman

Book Overview

This book argues that the international refugee regime and its 'temporary' humanitarian interventions have failed. Most refugees across the global live in 'protracted' conditions that extend from years to decades, without legal status that allows them to work and establish a home. It is contended that they become largely invisible to people based in the global North, and cease to remain fully human subjects with access to their political lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138669733
• ISBN13: 9781138669734
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.2"