Urban refugees are widely viewed as anomalous—people who stand outside a refugee regime which, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, is based upon rural encampment. This article considers why states and humanitarian agencies view urban refugees in this way. It examines the history of the refugee as an urban person and the recent change in perspective which has enforced a rural norm. It considers the extreme pressures placed upon displaced people in the city and the consequences for communities which contest their marginal status.Les réfugiés urbains sont généralement considérés comme une anomalie – des gens qui ne tombent pas sous le domaine d’application d'un régime de réfugié qui, en Afrique, en Asie et en Amérique latine, est fondé sur des...
Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when t...
Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when t...
This article draws on research with and about refugees from across the Middle East and North Africa ...
Interest in refugees who live in urban settings, especially those of the global south, has developed...
This article examines the evolution of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy from the mid-1990s to the presen...
Refugee spaces are emerging as quintessential geographies of the modern, yet their intimate and ever...
Forced migration studies is a politically charged field of study. The phenomenon of forced migration...
Millions of people have been forcibly displaced around the world at an alarming rate. In 2018, appro...
Increasingly refugees live in urban areas—usually in slums impacted by unemployment, poverty, overcr...
For many centuries, refugees have continued to move from one country to another, pushed away from th...
This article analyzes several specific aspects of the current refugee legal regime in Sub-Saharan Af...
This article explores the nature and role of border regimes from the perspective of refugee regimes ...
This article examines the politics of urban refugees in South Africa. It shows that despite South Af...
Settled people have been forced to move and nomads have been coerced into settling for as long as th...
Abstract. - In Africa, massive refugee movements occur on short distances towards neighbouring count...
Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when t...
Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when t...
This article draws on research with and about refugees from across the Middle East and North Africa ...
Interest in refugees who live in urban settings, especially those of the global south, has developed...
This article examines the evolution of UNHCR’s urban refugee policy from the mid-1990s to the presen...
Refugee spaces are emerging as quintessential geographies of the modern, yet their intimate and ever...
Forced migration studies is a politically charged field of study. The phenomenon of forced migration...
Millions of people have been forcibly displaced around the world at an alarming rate. In 2018, appro...
Increasingly refugees live in urban areas—usually in slums impacted by unemployment, poverty, overcr...
For many centuries, refugees have continued to move from one country to another, pushed away from th...
This article analyzes several specific aspects of the current refugee legal regime in Sub-Saharan Af...
This article explores the nature and role of border regimes from the perspective of refugee regimes ...
This article examines the politics of urban refugees in South Africa. It shows that despite South Af...
Settled people have been forced to move and nomads have been coerced into settling for as long as th...
Abstract. - In Africa, massive refugee movements occur on short distances towards neighbouring count...
Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when t...
Maximilian Park in Brussels was the site of a makeshift refugee camp for three months in 2015 when t...
This article draws on research with and about refugees from across the Middle East and North Africa ...