Human Rights as a Challenge to National Policies That Exclude Refugees Two Case Studies from Southeast Asia

Recently I spoke at the Ubud Writers Festival in Indonesia. At the opening session, the organizers had to apologize for the unavoidable absence of some of the advertised speakers. I realized that there are two classes of invitees at such international events: those who can cross national borders fre...

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Published inDriven from Home p. 97
Main Author Frank Brennan
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published Georgetown University Press 21.04.2010
Subjects
Applied sciences
Asylum seekers
Boats
Countries
Engineering
Foreign residents
Government
Government services
Human geography
Human migration
Human populations
Human rights
International borders
Jurisprudence
Law
Law enforcement
Legal agreements
Memoranda of understanding
Natural law
Natural rights
Nongovernmental organizations
Persons
Philosophy of law
Police
Political geography
Political organizations
Political refugees
Political science
Population studies
Refugees
Repatriation
Social sciences
Transportation
Vehicles
Watercraft
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Summary:Recently I spoke at the Ubud Writers Festival in Indonesia. At the opening session, the organizers had to apologize for the unavoidable absence of some of the advertised speakers. I realized that there are two classes of invitees at such international events: those who can cross national borders freely and those who cannot. Many of those who cannot are not refugees. They just happen to come from countries whose nationals, when they travel, are subject to especially strict scrutiny by the host country. Some are refugees. There are often more than 10 million refugees around the globe. Even those nation-states
ISBN:9781589016460
1589016467