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No Refuge: The Crisis of Refugee Militarization in Africa

By Robert Muggah

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
1842777882, 9781842777886, 9781848131583
Open Library ID
OL8927866M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1550541 bytes)
Pages
288\281
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The militarization of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), especially in Africa, is causing growing alarm within the humanitarian and development communities. The planned and spontaneous arming of refugees and IDPs threatens access to asylum as well as protection. But while the policy debates rage over how to deal with armed refugees and how to prevent their spill-over into neighbouring countries, surprisingly little research has been done to explain why displaced people arm themselves or how militarization affects the local and host populations. This book traces the experience of refugee and IDP militarization in four African countries emerging from or affected by war: Guinea, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It considers the effects of such militarization on regional, national, and human security, and reflects on the responses of hosting governments and humanitarian organizations.

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