ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 gives an overview of the literature on immigration, refugee/forced migration and the Middle East with an eye on insights relevant to state responses to mass migration in the Global South – a phenomenon that has previously not been theoretically and comparatively addressed. This chapter highlights the issues pertinent to paradoxes of global refugee regime; dilemmas between international protection and state sovereignty; discussions on the current state of international cooperation; differences and similarities between refugee governance in the Global South and Global North; and lastly the Middle East region in the comparative migration literature.
