The International Refugee Crisis: British and Canadian Responses

368 Pages·1993·30.514 MB·English

by  Vaughan Robinson (eds.)

THE INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE CRISIS
Also by Vaughan Robinson
ETHNIC SEGREGATION IN CITIES (edited wit" Cni Peac" and Susan Smith)
THE ISLE OF MAN (edited wit" Danny McCa"oll)
TRANSIENTS, SETTLERS AND REFUGEES
The International
Refugee Crisis
British and Canadian Responses
Edited by
Vaughan Robinson
Senior Lecturer in Geography
Migration Unit
Department of Geography
Universi!? College of Swansea
in association with the
Palgrave Macmillan
© Refugee Studies Programme 1993
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Contents
Acknowledgements x
Notes on the Contributors
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PART I INTRODUCTION: NEEDS AND RESPONSES
The Nature of the Crisis and the Academic Response 3
Vaughan Robinson
PART 11 GETTING IN: POLICY AND PRACTICE
The Official View
2 The International Refugee Crisis: the Canadian
Response 17
Stanley B. Knight
3 Refugees: The Responsibilities of the UK
Government 26
Timothy Renton
The Societal Context: Attitudes to Immigration,
Immigrants and Refugees
4 Refugees and Ethnic Relations in Canada 35
Norman Buchignani
5 Migration to Britain: Racism, State Regulation and
Employment 57
Robert Miles and Paula Cleary
The Development of Policy towards Refugee Movements
6 Canadian Refugee Policy to 1980: Historical
Overview 77
Irving Abella
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7 Refugees in Twentieth-century Britain: A Brief
History 95
Panikos Panayi
Current Legislation and its IrnpleDlentation
8 Refugee Status in Canada 115
Julius H. Grey
9 A Review of the Politics of Canadian Refugee
Selection 132
Tanya Basok and Alan Simmons
10 Current Law and Practice ill the UK 158
Ian Macdonald
Resisting the Law
11 Sanctuary in Canada 175
Charles Stastny and Gabrielle Tyrnauer
12 Sanctuary in Britain 196
Paul Weller
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PART GETTING BY: PEOPLE, POLICY AND
PROBLEMS
The Refugee Experience: Adjustment and Mental Health
13 After the Door Has Been Opened: The Mental
Health ofImmigrants and Refugees in Canada 213
M orton Beiser
Reception and Resettlement Programmes
14 The Spirit of the Gift and the Politics of
Resettlement: Canadian Private Sponsorship of
South East Asians 229
Doreen M. Indra
15 Host Groups: Public Meets Private 255
C. Michael Lanphier
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16 The Reception and Resettlement of Vietnamese
Refugees in Britain 273
Samantha Hale
ResettieDlent Experience and Issues
17 The Marginalisation of South East Asian Refugees 295
Gertrud Neuwirth
18 British Policy Towards the Settlement Patterns of
Ethnic Groups: An Empirical Evaluation of the
Vietnamese Programme, 1979-88 319
Vaughan Robinson
Index 355
Acknowledgemen ts
This book developed from a conference convened in Oxford in
1989 by the Refugee Studies Progamme, Oxford University. The
editor wishes to thank RSP for organising this conference, those
bodies which funded the conference, and all of those who
submitted their conference papers to be considered for publica
tion. Also I would particularly like to thank Tim Farmiloe of
Macmillan and Barbara Harrell-Bond of RSP for their patience
during the prolonged gestation of this volume. And last, but not
least, I am very grateful to Glenys and Mary for their spirited
assistance in producing the finished manuscript.
V AUGHAN ROBINSON
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