Forced Displacement and Human Security in the Former Soviet Union

Forced Displacement and Human Security in the Former Soviet Union

Author: Arthur Helton

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2021-10-25

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 9004478566

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This book provides detailed discussion of all the relevant national and international instruments that may be invoked in cases of forced displacement. It's in-depth survey includes relevant laws and policies from all fifteen of the countries that emerged from the USSR, as well as conventions dealing with migrants and refugees concluded by such organizations as the Council of Europe, the OSCE, the ILO, the European Union, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The work of non-governmental organizations in the field is also taken into account. Published under the Transnational Publishers imprint.


Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World

Forced Migration and Human Security in the Eastern Orthodox World

Author: Lucian N. Leustean

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-11-04

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1351185217

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The conflict in Eastern Ukraine and the European refugee crisis have led to a dramatic increase in forced displacement across Europe. Fleeing war and violence, millions of refugees and internally displaced people face the social and political cultures of the predominantly Christian Orthodox countries in the post-Soviet space and Southeastern Europe. This book examines the ambivalence of Orthodox churches and other religious communities, some of which have provided support to migrants and displaced populations while others have condemned their arrival. How have religious communities and state institutions engaged with forced migration? How has forced migration impacted upon religious practices, values and political structures in the region? In which ways do Orthodox churches promote human security in relation to violence and ‘the other’? The book explores these questions by bringing together an international team of scholars to examine extensive material in the former Soviet states (Ukraine, Russia, Georgia and Belarus), Southeastern Europe (Turkey, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria and Romania), Western Europe and the United States.


Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia

Author: Victoria Hudson

Publisher:

Published: 2022-04-09

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9789463727556

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This book examines the social and political mobilisation of religious communities towards forced displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. It analyses religious strategies in relation to tolerance and transitory environments as a result of the breakup of the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia in the early 1990s, the post-2011 Syrian crisis and the 2014 Russian takeover of Crimea. How do religious actors and state bodies engage with refugees and migrants? What are the mechanisms of religious support towards forcibly displaced communities? The book argues that when states do not act as providers of human security, religious communities, as representatives of civil society and often closer to the grass roots level, can be well placed to serve populations in need. The book brings together scholars from across the region and provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which religious communities tackle humanitarian crises in contemporary Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.


Masses in Flight

Masses in Flight

Author: Roberta Cohen

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2012-01-27

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 9780815791355

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Since the end of the Cold War, increasing numbers of people have been forced to leave their homes as a result of armed conflict, internal strife, and systematic violations of human rights. Whereas refugees crossing national borders benefit from an established system of international protection and assistance, those who are displaced internally suffer from an absence of legal or institutional bases for their protection and assistance from the international community. This book analyzes the causes and consequences of displacement, including its devastating impact both within and beyond the borders of affected countries. It sets forth strategies for preventing displacement, a special legal framework tailored to the needs of the displaced, more effective institutional arrangements at the national, regional, and international levels, and increased capacities to address the protection, human rights, and reintegration and development needs of the displaced.


Refugees and Forced Displacement

Refugees and Forced Displacement

Author: Edward Newman

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789280810868

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Refugees and forcibly displaced people represent the starkest example of human tension between human security - where the primary focus is the individual and communities - and more conventional models of national security tied to the sovereign state. The contributors to this volume apply this theme to a number of pressing problems covering international law, internally displaced prsons, early warning of refugee flows, asylum, the actors and institutions involved in refugee protection, the return and reintegration of displaced people, gender and dispacement and ethical perspectives.


Refugees and Forced Displacement

Refugees and Forced Displacement

Author: Edward Newman

Publisher: Manas Publications

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9788170491965

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The orthodox definition of international security put human displacement and refugees at the periphery. In contrast, this book demonstrates that human displacement can be both a cause and a consequence of conflict within and among societies. As such, the management of refugee movements and the protection of displaced people should be a part of security policy.