Description
Every minute 24 people are forced to leave their homes and over 65 million are currently displaced world-wide. Small wonder that tackling the refugee and migration crisis has become a global political priority.
But can this crisis be resolved and if so, how? In this compelling essay, renowned human rights lawyer and scholar Jacqueline Bhabha explains why forced migration demands compassion, generosity and a more vigorous acknowledgement of our shared dependence on human mobility as a key element of global collaboration. Unless we develop humane 'win-win' strategies for tackling the inequalities and conflicts driving migration and for addressing the fears fuelling xenophobia, she argues, both innocent lives and cardinal human rights principles will be squandered in the service of futile nationalism and oppressive border control.
Author: Jacqueline Bhabha
Publisher: Polity Press
Published: 05/03/2018
Pages: 140
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.35lbs
Size: 7.40h x 4.90w x 0.50d
ISBN13: 9781509519408
ISBN10: 1509519408
BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy | Immigration
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
- Social Science | Refugees
About the Author
Jacqueline Bhabha is a Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is Director of Research at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights.