The Fleeing People of South Asia: Selections from Refugee Watch

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'This definitive collection of essays from ‘Refugee Watch'is a comprehensive study of human displacement, covering many regions, addressing differing causes of refugee crises, and providing analysis on guiding principles, human rights and women's rights. ‘Refugee Watch', in its decade-long 30-volume journey, has sought to capture the agony, tension and struggle of the refugees and internally displaced in South Asia in its different dimensions. The present Selections are a sincere attempt to grasp the multi-dimensionality of the journal within two covers.' Front Matter Half Title Series Page Title Copyright Contents Acronyms and Abbreviations Foreword by Ranabir Samaddar Preface Main Body Ethical Issues Introduction Ethical Origins of Refugee Rights and Humanitarian Law, by Pooja Ahluwalia Power, Fear, Ethics, by Ranabir Samaddar Victim's Right to Communicate, by Samir Kumar Das The Guiding Principles: Normative Status and its Effective Domestic Implementation, by Robert Kogod Goldman Notes The Boundaries of Belonging: Reflections on Migration Policies in the Twenty-First Century, by Alison Crosby Notes Laws Introduction Human Rights, Humanitarian Laws and the Continuing Displacement in Sri Lanka, by Jeevan Thiagarajah and Dinusha Pathiraja Notes The Foreigner and the Right to Justice in the Aftermath of September 11th, by Francois Crepeau Notes Exclusion from Refugee Protection in Europe: An Attempt at Legal Conceptualization, by Patrick Hoenig Notes Women's Rights, Asylum Jurisprudence and the Crises of International Human Rights Interventions, by Oishik Sircar Notes Strengthening Protection of the IDPs, by Roberta Cohen Notes French Suburbia 2005: The Return of the Political Unrecognized, by Rada Ivekovic References South Asia Introduction Refugees in South Adia: An Overview, by Aung Phyro and Tapan Kumar Bose Internally Displaced Persons in Sri Lanka, by Joe William A Matter of Ethnicity, by Narayan Katel Scrutinizing the Land Resettlement Scheme in Bhutan, by Jagat Acharya The Taliban Shelter Seekers or Refugee Warriors? by Arpita Basu Roy Afghan Refugees Head for Tajikistan, Holed Up in the Pamir Mountains, A Correspondent Impact of International Juridiction on Afghan Refugee Rights, by Salma Malik Development Induced Displacmeent in Pakistan, by Atta ur Rehman Sheikh On the Train of Burma's Internal Refugees, by Thierry Falise Assault on Minorities in Bangladesh: An Analysis, by Meghna Guhathakurta Neoliberal Globalization and Women's Experiences of Forced Migrations in Asia, by Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Gillian Vogl and Roberta Julian Notes Who Went Where and How are They Doing? Pakistanis and Indians Outside Sotuh Asia, by Papiya Ghosh Notes India Introduction Population Displacement in India: A Critical Review, by Samir Das and Sadyasachi Ray Chaudhury Reporting from Gagan Geer: A Kargil War Refugee Camp, by Tapan K Bose Barricaded Kashmiri Pandits Letting Go to the Right to Return? by Rita Manchandra Homeless and Divided in Jammu and Kashmir, by Anuradha Bhasin Jamwal Internal Displacement in North-East India: Challenges Ahead, by Subir Bhaumik The North-East Today: Displacing Identities, Displaced Identities, by Monirul Hussain Tibetan Refugees in India: Survival in Exile, by Rajesh S Kharat Unrest and Displacement: Rajbanshis in North Bengal, by Sujata D Hazarika Adivasis in the Coal Mining Tracts of Eastern India, by Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Notes Gender Introduction Refugee Repatriation: A Politics of Gender, by Paula Banerjee Families, Displacement, Partition, by Meghna Guhathakurta Widows of Brindaban: Memories of Partition, by Subhoranjan Dasgupta Agony Continues: Refugee Women of Bhutan, by Jagat Acharya Dislocating Women and Making the Nation, by Paula Banerjee Notes Gender, Media and the Tsunami, by Ammu Joseph Notes Why Should We Listen to Her? by Maria Ahlqvist Notes Women, Trafficking and Statelessness in South Asia, by Paula Banerjee Notes The Bar Dancer and the Trafficked Migrant: Globalization and Subaltern Existence, by Flavia Agnes Interview/Correspondence Introduction Voices from Exile - 1, An interview with Upendralal Chakma Voices from Exile - 2, An interview with Ratan Gazmere Daughter of Isis, A Talk with Dr Nawal El Saadawi Right of Return: An Interview with Lev Grinberg Letters from a Palestinian Refugee Camp Representations Introduction Creativity's Mirror, by Subhoranjan Dasgupta Notes Writing Displacement: Creativity and Objectivity, by Pamela Philipose Boundaries, Borders and Bodies, by Hameeda Hossain Notes Forced Displacement and Identity Formation in the EU, by Markus Mervola Notes The Changing Scales of Good and Evil: Morality Plays at the Profiled EU and US Borders, by Mika Aaltola Notes End Matter Index