Protracted Displacement in Asia

Howard Adelman is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at York University, Toronto. Professor Adelman was the founder and director of York University's Centre for Refugee Studies until the end of 1993. He is a leading scholar on refugee matters and is currently Research Professor, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, Griffith University. Professor Adelman has written extensively on the Middle East, humanitarian intervention, membership rights, ethics, early warning and conflict management, refugee repatriation, policy and resettlement.

• Chapter 1 Protracted Displacement, Howard Adelman; Chapter 2, Susan Banki; Chapter 3 Protracted Displacement on the Thai–Burmese Border: The Interrelated Search for Durable Solutions, Susan Banki, Hazel Lang; Chapter 4 The Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Failure of the International Protection Regime, Eileen Pittaway; Chapter 5, Hazel Lang, Anita Knudsen; Chapter 6 The Case of the Afghan Refugee Population: Finding Durable Solutions in Contested Transitions, Susanne Schmeidl, William Maley; Chapter 7 The Refugee and IDP Problem in Iraq, Howard Adelman; Chapter 8 Better Approaches to Protracted Displacement?, Michael G. Smith;

'This is a valuable collection of case studies and underscores the importance of basing our approach to individual protracted refugee situations on a thorough and rigorous understanding not only of the dynamics of the refugee situation itself, but the broader historical, political and regional context within which it exists. Such research and analysis will help identify the wider range of options and areas of cooperation that might lead to both short-term and long-term solutions to PRS.' Journal of Refugee Studies 'Protracted refugee situations entail great human suffering. When durable solutions are found, they often entail difficult dilemmas by posing trade-offs between humanitarian and political objectives. This book creatively and sensitively explores the possibilities for reducing the hardships of protracted refugee situations and softening the dilemmas of durable solutions.' Astri Suhrke, Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway 'More than simply a well-informed "tour d'horizon" of the contemporary situation of refugees in Asia, this book provides an insightful and timely examination of how long-term refugeepredicaments might be resolved.' Matthew J. Gibney, University of Oxford, UK