Migration, Refugees and Human Security in the Mediterranean and MENA

257 Pages·2018·2.584 MB·English

by  Marion Boulby, Kenneth Christie

Migration, Refugees and
Human Security in the
Mediterranean and MENA
Edited by Marion Boulby and Kenneth Christie
Migration, Refugees and Human Security
in the Mediterranean and MENA
Marion Boulby · Kenneth Christie
Editors
Migration, Refugees
and Human Security
in the Mediterranean
and MENA
Editors
Marion Boulby Kenneth Christie
Department of History Royal Roads University
Trent University Victoria, BC, Canada
Peterborough, ON, Canada
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C
ontents
Part I Migration, Refugees and Human Security
in the Twenty-First Century
1 Introduction: Migration, Refugees
and Human Security in the Twenty-First Century 3
Kenneth Christie
2 Death of the Refugee: The Silence of Numbers 21
Nergis Canefe
3 Children and Youth in the Refugee Equation:
Working with the Vulnerable 51
Kathleen Manion
Part II Case Studies
4 Causes and Mitigation 79
Stephanie D. Perham
5 From Failing States to Migration: The Role
of Non-state Actors 115
Julia Rutz
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viii CONTENTS
6 Intervention and Policy in the Mediterranean
Refugee Crisis 139
Nur Koprulu
Part III Prescribing the Future of Human Security
and Migration in MENA
7 The Middle East: Syrian Refugees, Human
Security and Insecurity in Jordan 157
Marion Boulby
8 Human Trafficking and the Issue of Slavery
in Supply Chains 177
Robert James Hanlon
9 Policy Responses: Too Little or Too Late? 199
Rute Baptista
10 Conclusion 245
Marion Boulby
Index 251
e C
ditors and ontributors
About the Editors
Marion Boulby is Associate Professor of History at Trent University,
Canada.
Kenneth Christie is Professor and Program Head of the Masters in
Arts in Human Security and Peacebuilding at Royal Roads University,
Canada.
Contributors
Rute Baptista is Researcher at the Law School of the University of
Minho, Portugal.
Nergis Canefe is Associate Professor in the School of Public Policy and
Administration (Law Stream) in the Department of Political Science and
Associate Faculty Member at the Center for Refugee Studies at York
University, Canada.
Robert James Hanlon is Assistant Professor in the Department of
Philosophy, History, and Politics at Thompson Rivers University, Canada.
Nur Koprulu is Department Head of Political Science and Associate
Professor in the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences at
Near East University, Turkey.
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x EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Kathleen Manion is Assistant Professor in the School of Humanitarian
Studies at Royal Roads University, Canada.
Stephanie D. Perham is Donor Relations Officer at the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees in Kampala, Uganda.
Julia Rutz is Head of the Research and Migration Law Department in
the European Migration Network at the International Organization of
Migration in Vienna, Austria.
PART I
Migration, Refugees and Human Security
in the Twenty-First Century