Overview

During the past decade, Syria's displacement crisis has made the Middle East one of the world's foremost refugee-hosting regions. The measures to prevent refugees and migrants from leaving the region, and returning those who do, has made the region a zone of containment where millions remain displaced. The volume explores responses to mass migration and traces the genealogy of humanitarian containment from the Ottoman Empire and the emergence of the first refugee camps to the present-day displacement 'crises' and the re-bordering of Europe.

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Author:   Are John Knudsen ,  Kjersti G. Berg
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781800738447

ISBN 10:   1800738447
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   10 February 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

List of Figures Foreword Michel Agier Introduction: Continental Encampment: Genealogies of Humanitarian Containment in the Middle East and Europe Are John Knudsen and Kjersti G. Berg Chapter 1. An Imperial Lens on Refuge in Greater Syria: Antecedents to Contemporary Humanitarian Practices Dawn Chatty Chapter 2. The Global Origins of the Modern Refugee Camp: Military Humanitarianism and Colonial Occupation at Baquba, Iraq, 1918-1920 Benjamin Thomas White Chapter 3. A Necessary Evil: A History of Palestinian Refugee Camps, UNRWA and Jordan (1950-1970) Kjersti G. Berg Chapter 4. Contained at the Margins: Syrian Refugees' Settlement Experience in Northern Jordan Kamel Dorai and Pauline Piraud-Fournet Chapter 5. Iraqi Refugees in Syria, 2003-2011: The Emergence of UNHCR-led Migration Management in the Levant Sophia Hoffmann Chapter 6. Four Buildings and a Bungalow: Architectures of Containment in Sabra, Beirut Are John Knudsen Chapter 7. Turkey's Biopolitical Buffer Zones and the Temporalities of Containment Rebecca Bryant Chapter 8. Journeys Interrupted: The Labyrinthine Border Experience Along the Balkan Route Synnove Kristine Nepstad Bendixsen Chapter 9. Humanitarian Lampedusa and the Theatralisation of Crisis Antonio De Lauri Afterword Thomas Hylland Eriksen Index

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In my opinion, the biggest strength is the diachronic perspective ... which gives a historical dimension to refugee camps and their management. * Marta Scaglioni, University of Milan

Author Information

Are John Knudsen is Research Professor at the Chr. Michelsen Institute (CMI) and an International Fellow at the Institut Convergences Migrations (ICM), Paris. Knudsen specializes on forced displacement, camp-based and urban refugees in the Middle East, in particular Lebanon.

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