Global Displacement in the Twenty-First Century

Abstract

The book calls for a radical review of what international protection looks like and who is entitled to it. It brings together different issues of forced displacement into one place to provide a systematic overview. It draws attention to groups other than refugees who are often overlooked when it comes to discussions of international protection, such as the internally displaced, those displaced by disasters, development projects and climate events. The book draws on extensive case studies, such as border practices by European Union states, the United States and the United Kingdom. It places the experiences of displaced people at the centre and argues that they should be key political agents in determining policy in this area. At the centre of the book is a concern with the voice and agency of the displaced, that they should be active participants in the process of resisting the injustice of displacement, and that the key task for those seeking to support them is to construct a common political space of resistance through strategies of solidarity.