Refugees and political asylum

Making Minorities History examines the various attempts made by European states over the course of the first half of the twentieth century, under the umbrella of international law and in the name of international peace and reconciliation, to rid the Continent of its ethnographic misfits and problem populations.

The Rise and Decline of a Global Security Actor investigates the rise of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) as a global security actor.

This book tells the story of how families separated across borders write--and learn new ways of writing--in pursuit of love and money.

This book tells the story of how families separated across borders write--and learn new ways of writing--in pursuit of love and money.

Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety.

Refuge beyond Reach shows how rich democracies deliberately and systematically shut down most legal paths to safety.

At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today.

At the heart of Montaigne's Essais lies a political conception of religious tolerance that we have largely forgotten today.

For over forty years, Cold War concerns about the threat of communism shaped the contours of refugee and asylum policy in the United States, and the majority of those admitted as refugees came from communist countries.

For over forty years, Cold War concerns about the threat of communism shaped the contours of refugee and asylum policy in the United States, and the majority of those admitted as refugees came from communist countries.

A surprisingly understudied topic in international relations is gender-based asylum.

In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government.

In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government.

In 1904, the first Scandinavian settlers moved onto the Spirit Lake Dakota Indian Reservation.

On the eve of the American Revolution, the refugee was, according to British tradition, a Protestant who sought shelter from continental persecution.

On the eve of the American Revolution, the refugee was, according to British tradition, a Protestant who sought shelter from continental persecution.

Highly Commended for the Wainwright Prize 2023, and shortlisted for the Z calo Book Prize and the Christopher Moore Prize For Human Rights Writing 'Gaia Vince's new book should be read not just by every politician, but by every person on the planet' ObserverAn urgent investigation of the most underreported, seismic consequence of climate change: how it will force us to change where - and how - we liveWe are facing a species emergency.

From an award-winning BBC journalist, this moving book turns the testimony of an accidental hero into a timeless story about the awakening of human courage and conscience.

Examining refugees of Civil War-era North Carolina, Driven from Home reveals the complexity and diversity of the war's displaced populations and the inadequate responses of governmental and charitable organizations as refugees scrambled to secure the necessities of daily life.

Told through heart-wrenching testimonies, photographs, and artwork of refugees fleeing their homelands, Desperately Seeking Asylum describes firsthand accounts of the harrowing and dangerous journey immigrants are willing to endure knowing that they might not even make it onto US soil.

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Mass-migration, conflict and poverty are now persistent features of our globalised world.

**Longlisted for the Bread & Roses Award 2025****A Guardian book to look out for in 2024**'An exceptional book: a meditation on family; an interrogation of movement and borders; a reflection on how someone can become separated from their own personal history; and an argument that it is never too late to reconnect with what was lost' SALLY HAYDEN'A compelling story from a gifted storyteller In a moment where refugees are often talked about but rarely heard from, her voice breaks through' GARY YOUNGEA staggering investigation into the costs and consequences of displacement, from a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience and its aftershocksIn 2015, Aamna Mohdin travelled to Calais to report from the frontlines of the refugee crisis.

From July to November 2021, Little Amal, a 3.

***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 MOORE PRIZE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WRITING***'Read this book.

Die Kulturentwicklung des sogenannten Abendlands dreht sich um diese Achse des Verständnisses des Menschen, der immer klarer in seinem Wesen und in seiner Bedeutung im Rahmen der Wirklichkeit wurde und wird.

This book offers a robust introduction to John Calvin's writings through the lens of his experience as a religious refugee.

Les migrations forcees ont faconne la creation du Canada en tant qu'Etat colonisateur et de peuplement.