Tamil Asylum Diaspora

Sri Lankan Migration, Settlement and Politics in Switzerland

Inbunden, Engelska, 1996

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During twelve years of ethno-nationalist secessionist violence in the north and east of Sri Lanka, insurrection in the south, and island-wide state repression, many Tamils were forced to seek political asylum overseas. At least 200,000 Tamils, primarily from the Jaffna Peninsula, have escaped to Europe of whom ca. 25,000 (the largest group relative to the population) have settled in Switzerland, the focus of this study. The author examines the conditions in Sri Lanka that led to the flight, the phases and technicalities of the emigration and resettlement in Switzerland. Based on anthropological fieldwork and on completely new archival material, the author not only looks at the development of the Tamil community in all its diversity but also at the impact of federal and cantonal policy and practice, at the economic situation and broader changes in Switzerland which led to demands for reforms to the country's asylum and immigration rules. In this respect, Switzerland set an example that other governments were soon to follow.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum1996-09-19
Mått140 x 216 x 25 mm
Vikt522 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieForced Migration
Antal sidor320
FörlagBerghahn Books, Incorporated
ISBN9781571819178

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List of FiguresList of MapsList of TablesAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsGlossaryPART I: INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCHChapter 1. Introduction - Asylum DiasporaChapter 2. Fieldwork and Research MethodsChapter 3. Swiss Public Opinion, Asylum Policy Reform and the Repatriation AgreementPART II: SRI LANKA AND CONFLICTChapter 4. Sri Lanka - Violence, Nationalism and MigrationChapter 5. Sri Lanka 1983 to 1991 - ConflictPART III: TAMIL ASYLUM ENTRY INTO SWITZERLANDChapter 6. Switzerland's Tamil Asylum Migrant PopulationChapter 7. Early-Phase Asylum Migration 1983 to 1985Chapter 8. Middle-Phase Asylum Migration 1986 to 1988Chapter 9. Late-Phase Asylum Migration 1989 to 1991PART IV: DIASPORA DIVISIONS, FORMATION AND POLITICSChapter 10. Immigrants and Asylum SeekersChapter 11. Politics in Exile: The Profits of InertiaPART VChapter 12. ConclusionBibliographyIndex

"... the study is strong ... the data is very well analyzed and socio-historically contextualized ... McDowell's research can not only serve as a praiseworthy example of a detailed migration study, but scholars in religious studies, anthropology and indology may take it as an example how to contextualize and to empirically substantiate one's studies on South Asian overseas communities." · International Journal of Hindu Studies