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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
chapter 2|24 pages
Individual admission in the host country, ‘a peaceful and humanitarian act'
chapter 3|30 pages
Groups of individuals on the run
chapter 4|39 pages
Refugee camps in Sub-Saharan Africa
chapter 5|19 pages
Alleviating the plight of refugees in Sub-Saharan Africa
chapter 6|26 pages
Managing the subversive activities of refugees and their ban
chapter 7|26 pages
Misusing the help received and its consequences
part 2|99 pages
The peregrination of a persecuted human being, second stage