ABSTRACT

This is a study of the history of global refugee movements over the 20th century, ranging from east European Jews fleeing Tsarist oppression at the turn of the century to asylum seekers from the former Zaire and Yugoslavia. Recognizing that the problem of refugees is a universal one, the authors emphasize the human element which should be at the forefront of both the study of refugees and responses to them.

chapter |16 pages

Introduction: Refugees, Place and Memory

part |2 pages

Part 1 The Closing of Asylum, 1900-1932

part |2 pages

Part 2 The Fascist Era, 1933-1945

chapter 4|23 pages

Refugees from the Spanish Civil War

chapter 5|46 pages

Refugees from Nazism, 1933-1939

part |2 pages

Part 3 Refugees from the Cold War

part |2 pages

Part 4 Government Enforced Dispersal during the 1970s and 1980s

part |2 pages

Part 5 World Asylum Seekers at the End of the Century: Closing the Doors