Refuge: Rethinking Refugee Policy in a Changing World

297 Pages·2017·5.84 MB·English

by  Alexander Betts

Refuge

Refuge
Rethinking Refugee Policy in a
Changing World
Alex ander Betts and
Paul Collier
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Contents
List of Illustrations vii
Map: Distribution of Syrian Refugees viii–ix
Graphs: Distribution of Asylum-Seekers in the EU x
How We Came to Write This Book xi
Introduction 1
Part I: Why is There a Crisis?
1 Global Disorder 15
2 The Time- Warp 34
3 The Panic 62
Part ii: The Rethink
4 Rethinking Ethics: The Duty of Rescue 97
5 Rethinking Havens: Reaching Everyone 127
6 Rethinking Assistance: Restoring Autonomy 156
7 Rethinking P ost-C onfl ict: Incubating Recovery 182
8 Rethinking Governance: Institutions That Work 201
Part III: History, the Remake
9 Back to the Future 227
References 237
Index 253

List of Illustrations
1. Graph: where refugees from top fi ve countries of origin found
asylum.
2. Women walk between buildings damaged by the civil war in
Homs, Syria. (Copyright © Louai Beshara/Getty Images)
3. The newly built Azraq refugee camp, northern Jordan.
(Copyright © Khalil Mazraawi/Getty Images)
4. Syrian refugees in Beirut, Lebanon. (Copyright © Ivor Prickett/
UNHCR)
5. Satellite imagery of Hagadera, one of the Dadaab refugee camps
in Kenya. (Copyright © DigitalGlobe/ScapeWare3d/Getty Images)
6. Congolese women in the Nyarugusu refugee camp, Tanzania.
(Copyright © A. Betts)
7. Juru market in Nakivale settlement, Uganda. (Copyright ©
A. Betts)
8. The Shams-Élysées market street in the Za’atari refugee camp,
Jordan. (Copyright © L. Bloom)
9. A makeshift bird shop in the Za’atari refugee camp, Jordan.
(Copyright © L. Bloom)
10. A community radio station run by a Congolese refugee in
Nakivale settlement, Uganda. (Copyright © R. Nuri)
11. Refugees making biodegradable sanitary pads at a refugee camp
in Uganda. (Copyright © L. Bloom)
12. Refugee and local tailors work alongside one another in
Kampala, Uganda. (Copyright © N. Omata)
13. A factory in the King Hussein bin Talal Development Area
(KHBTDA) in Jordan.
14. Syrian men attempt to reach Europe by boat via the Aegean Sea.
(Copyright © Achilleas Zavallis/UNHCR)
15. A woman and child wait at a border-crossing in Slovenia.
(Copyright © Maja Hitij/DPA/PA Images)
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