The International Refugee Crisis British and Canadian Responses [Paperback]

There may be 20 million refugees around the world today. For many, their search for freedom ends in camps in countries of first asylum. There they wait for offers of permanent resettlement in the West. This book explores how two countries traditionally noted for their humanitarian treatment of refugees have responded to the refugee crisis of the 1980s and 90s, how they have recast their admission criteria, developed reception policies and constructed resettlement programmes.Acknowledgements - Notes on the Contributors - INTRODUCTION: NEEDS AND RESPONSES - The Nature of the Crisis and the Academic Response; V.Robinson - GETTING IN: POLICY AND PRACTICE - The Official View - The International Refugee Crisis: the Canadian Response; S.B.Knight - Refugees: the Responsibilities of the UK Government; T.Renton - The Societal Context: Attitudes to Immigration, Immigrants and Refugees - Refugees and Ethnic Relations in Canada; N.Buchignani & D.M.Indra - Migration to Britain: Racism, State Regulation and Employment; R.Miles & P.Cleary - The Development of Policy Towards Refugee Movements - Canadian Refugee Policy to 1980: an Historical Overview; I.Abella - Refugees in Twentieth-century Britain: a Brief History; P.Panayi - Current Legislation and its Implementation - Refugee Status in Canada; J.Grey - A Review of the Politics of Canadian Refugee Selection; T.Basok & A.Simmons - Current Law and Practice in the UK; I.Macdonald - Resisting the Law - Sanctuary in Canada; C.Stastny & G.Tyrnauer - Sanctuary in Britain; P.Weller - GETTING BY: PEOPLE, POLICY AND PROBLEMS - The Refugee Experience: Adjustment and Mental Health - After the Door has been opened: the Mental Health of Immigrants and Refugees in Canada; M.Beiser - Reception and Resettlement Programmes - The Spirit of the Gift and the Politics of Resettlement: Canadian Private Sponsorship of South East Asians; D.M.Indra - Host Groups: Public meets Private; C.M.Lanphier The Reception and Resettlement of Vietnamesl³Á