ABSTRACT

It is not often acknowledged that the great majority of African refugee movement happens within Africa rather than from Africa to the West. This book examines the specific characteristics and challenges of the refugee situation in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering a new and critical vision on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in the African continent. Cristiano d’Orsi considers the international, regional and domestic legal and institutional frameworks linked to refugee protection in Sub-Saharan Africa, and explores the contributions African refugee protection has brought to the cause on a global scale.

Key issues covered in the book include the theory and the practice of non-refoulement, an analysis of the phenomenon of mass-influx, the concept of burden-sharing, and the role of freedom fighters. The book goes on to examine the expulsions of refugees and the historical role played by UNHCR in Sub-Saharan Africa.

As a work which follows the persecution and legal challenges of those in search of a safe haven, this book will be of great interest and use to researchers and students of immigration and asylum law, international law, human rights, and African studies.

chapter |24 pages

Introduction

part 1|200 pages

The peregrination of a persecuted human being, first stage

chapter |5 pages

Introduction to Part I

chapter 1|28 pages

Fleeing persecution and the risk of unjust rejection, return or expulsion

Non-refoulement in Sub-Saharan Africa

chapter 2|24 pages

Individual admission in the host country, ‘a peaceful and humanitarian act'

The pivotal concept of asylum as it is viewed in Sub-Saharan Africa

chapter 3|30 pages

Groups of individuals on the run

Examining the Sub-Saharan African phenomena of mass-influx and burden-sharing

chapter 4|39 pages

Refugee camps in Sub-Saharan Africa

Perpetuating the plight of refugees? Restrictions on free settlement and movement

chapter 5|19 pages

Alleviating the plight of refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa

The role and mandate of the UNHCR

chapter 6|26 pages

Managing the subversive activities of refugees and their ban

Responding to abuses of refugee status

chapter 7|26 pages

Misusing the help received and its consequences

National governments and the expulsion of refugees

part 2|99 pages

The peregrination of a persecuted human being, second stage

chapter |5 pages

Introduction to Part II

Long-term perspectives of recognized asylum-seekers: prospects and possibilities

chapter 8|47 pages

Voluntary, spontaneous, forced repatriations

Refugees and their way back home

chapter |15 pages

Conclusion

Concluding remarks on the peregrination of a persecuted human being in search of a safe haven in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons learnt to face the future challenges