The Challenges of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa

This book discusses the phenomena of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDP) across several African countries. There are 40 million IDP worldwide; of these, an estimated 12.6 million are in 37 of Africa's 55 countries. Written by a team of fifteen scholars across four continents, this book uses both quantitative and qualitative data to analyze the causes and consequences of this displacement, the role of the state in creating and mitigating these situations, and potential policy solutions. The volume is divided into three sections. Chapters in Section 1 discuss the causes of displacement. Chapters in Section 2 discuss refugees in their regional context. Chapters in Section 3 discuss IDP camps in Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana. Bringing scholarly analysis to address two humanitarian crises, this book will be useful to students and researchers interested in African politics, forced migration, and policy as well as members of the diplomatic corps, governmental, and non-governmental organizations actively working towards solving these challenges.

Discusses the state of refugees and internal displacement on the African continent Examines conditions in specific refugee and IDP camps in countries like Kenya, South Africa, Nigeria, and Ghana Critically analyzes the role the state in the long and short-term causes of internal displacement

Autorentext

Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is an associate professor of political science and member of the graduate faculty at Alabama State University, US, where he teaches courses in comparative politics, international relations, African politics and institutions, and the politics of developing nations.

Inhalt

Introduction.- Chapter 1: Refugees and the Internally Displaced Persons in African.- Chapter 2: The Spatial Distribution of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Africa.- Chapter 3: African Migrants and Refugees in Latin America and the Caribbean.- Chapter 4: State Sovereignty-Non-Refoulement Nexus: Towards Sustainable Legal and Political Refugee Regime in Kenya.- Chapter 5: Refugees, Religion, and Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 6: Skilled female new Canadians and mental-health challenges: Effect of unemployment and underemployment.- Chapter 7: From the Margin to the Mainstream: Dealing with the Scourge of Transit Migrants in Morocco.- Chapter 8: IDPs of Boko Haram War, Emergency Rehabilitation and Human Rights Practice in Nigeria.- Chapter 9: Tenuous Refuge: Probing Links Between (Il)Legality Of Urban Refugees in Kenya, Refugee Supports, And Host Country Integration.- Chapter 10: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in African Migrant/Refugee Population.- Chapter 11: Disparities Between Messages Heard at Home and Messages Sent out by African Refugees in LAC Safe Haven Countries.

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