Migration and Xenophobia

Kyle Farmbry is professor of public affairs and administration at Rutgers University, Newark.

• 1.Introduction2.Theoretical Context for Racism(s) and Xenophobia 3.Migration and Conceptualizations4.Case 1 – South Africa: Aspiration Meets Human Condition5.Case 2 – Malta: Towards an Integrative Strategy 6.Case 3 – The United States: History Repeats7.Conclusion8.Appendix I – 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees9.Appendix II – 2016 New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants10.Appendix III – 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration11.Appendix IV – 2018 Global Compact on Refugees

Farmbry’s timely Migration and Xenophobia offers a wealth of historical context to anyone concerned with the responses to and representations of the current migrant/refugee crisis. Weaving together three distinct national experiences of migration—South Africa, Malta and the United States—Farmbry contextualizes migration and both its causes and responses as ongoing cultural dynamics, embedded within such texts as sacred books, oral traditions and reactionary legal code, rather than a sudden emergent crisis. Farmbry’s valuable contribution to this crucial conversation can aid all stakeholders craft a more humane and sustainable response to the ongoing global discourse on migration and its representations.