LibGuides: Displaced Persons: Refugees/IDPs

Print Books

Statelessness in the Caribbean by Kristy A. Belton
Through an analysis of statelessness in the Caribbean, Kristy A. Belton argues for the reconceptualization of statelessness as a form of forced displacement. Citizenship is not only a necessary good for an individual in a world carved into states but is also a human right and a status that should not be determined by states alone.
Threads: from the refugee crisis by Kate Evans
In the French port town of Calais, a city arose. This new town, known as the Jungle, was home to thousands of refugees, mainly from the Middle East and Africa, all hoping, somehow, to get to the UK. Into this squalid shantytown of shipping containers and tents, full of rats and trash and devoid of toilets and safety, the artist Kate Evans brought a sketchbook and an open mind. Combining the techniques of eyewitness reportage with the medium of comic-book storytelling, Evans has produced this unforgettable book, filled with poignant images--by turns shocking, infuriating, wry, and heartbreaking.
Driven from Home: protecting the rights of forced migrants by David Hollenbach; Boston College, Center for Human Rights and International Justice Staff (Contribution by)
Driven from Home advances the discussion on how best to protect and assist the growing number of persons who have been forced from their homes and proposes a human rights framework to guide political and policy responses to forced migration.
The Latehomecomer: a Hmong family memoir by Kao Kalia Yang
When she was six years old, Yang's family immigrated to America, and she captures the challenges of adapting to a new place and a new language. Through her words, the dreams, wisdom, and traditions passed down from her grandmother and shared by an entire community have finally found a voice.

eBooks

The Ideal Refugees: gender, Islam, and the Sahrawi politics of survival by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
Refugee camps are typically perceived as militarized and patriarchal spaces, and yet the Sahrawi refugee camps and their inhabitants have consistently been represented as ideal in nature: uniquely secular and democratic spaces, and characterized by gender equality. Drawing on extensive research with and about Sahrawi refugees in Algeria, Cuba, Spain, South Africa, and Syria, Fiddian- Qasmiyeh explores how, why, and to what effect such idealized depictions have been projected onto the international arena.
Women in African Refugee Camps: gender based violence against female refugees : the case of Mai Ayni refugee camp, Northern Ethiopia by Yonas Gebreiyosus
The study has found that female refugees in refugee camps are exposed to sexual violence, physical violence and socio-economic violence including attempted rape, rape, gang rape, physical injuries, discrimination and stigmatization and denial of access to services. The book also discloses that male refugees and intimate partners of female refugees are the prime gender based violence perpetrators of female refugees in Mai Ayni refugee camp.
Improvised Adolescence: Somali Bantu teenage refugees in America by Sandra Grady
Improvised Adolescence explores how teenagers from southern Somalia, who spent much of their childhood in East African refugee camps, are adapting to resettlement in the American Midwest.