Rights in Exile: Janus-Faced Humanitarianism

by Barbara Harrell-Bond and Guglielmo Verdirame

Book Overview

Of the estimated 12 million refugees in the world, more than 7 million have been confined to camps, effectively "warehoused," in some cases, for 10 years or more. Holding refugees in camps was anathema to the founders of the refugee protection regime. Today, with most refugees encamped in the less developed parts of the world, the humanitarian apparatus has been transformed into a custodial regime for innocent people. Based on rich ethnographic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845451031
• ISBN13: 9781845451035
• Release Date: April 2005
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.1"