Protracted Refugee Situations: Political, Human Rights and Security Implications by Anna G. Jonasdottir, Kathleen B. Jones, Gil Loescher (Editor), Edward Newman (Editor), James Milner (Editor)

Tables and figures viii

Contributors ix

Acknowledgements xiii

Part I Themes and challenges 1

1 Introduction Gil Loescher James Milner Edward Newman Gary Troeller 3

2 Understanding the problem of protracted refugee situations Gil Loescher James Milner 20

3 Asylum trends in industrialized countries and their impact on protracted refugee situations Gary Troeller 43

4 Protracted refugee situations, conflict and security: The need for better diagnosis and prescription Eric Morris Stephen John Stedman 69

5 Protracted refugee situations, human rights and civil society Elizabeth Ferris 85

6 Development actors and protracted refugee situations: Progress, challenges, opportunities Mark Mattner 108

7 A surrogate state? The role of UNHCR in protracted refugee situations Amy Slaughter Jeff Crisp 123

8 A realistic, segmented and reinvigorated UNHCR approach to resolving protracted refugee situations Arafat Jamal 141

9 Historical lessons for overcoming protracted refugee situations Alexander Betts 162

Part II Case studies 187

10 Palestinian refugees Michael Dumper 189

11 Somali refugees: Protracted exile and shifting security frontiers Peter Kagwanja Monica Juma 214

12 Sudanese refugees in Uganda and Kenya Tania Kaiser 248

13 Bhutanese refugees in Nepal Mahendra P. Lama 277

14 Burmese refugees in South and Southeast Asia: A comparative regional analysis Gil Loescher James Milner 303

15 Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan Ewen Macleod 333

Part III Policy conclusions and recommendations 351

16 A framework for responding to protracted refugee situations Gil Loescher James Milner 353

17 Resolving protracted refugee situations: Conclusion andpolicy implications Edward Newman Gary G. Troeller 377

Index 386