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People on the Move: getting started
How do individual nations and the international community states respond to those who choose to try life in another country, or are driven to do so by
- war or civil conflict
- human rights abuses
- ethnic cleansing, genocide
- famine
- natural or environmental disasters (such as flooding)
- ecological disasters (such as accidents in the petrochemical industry)
- developmental/economic projects
- forced relocation
- enforced disappearance
- criminal exploitation
and those stripped of their original nationality/citizenship by the discriminatory policy of a state.
Some of the tabs (above)/pages may need explanation
- Refugees - those whose flight to safety takes them across country/nation state borders
- IDPs - Internally Displaced Peoples - those whose forced migration is within their home state/country
- EDPs - Environmentally & Ecologically Displaced Persons
- (H)TVs - Human Trafficking Victims
- Statelessness - protection of people arbitrarily denied citizenship - or whose citizenship is arbitrarily revoked - by their nation state
- Non-citizens - considers the duties of host states to ensure that forced migrants do not suffer from discrimination or a reduction in their civil or human rights.
Just a selection to get research started.
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International Migration Law (IOM)Section of official website of UN's International Organization for Migration is the leading inter-governmental organization in the field of migration and works closely with governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental partners.
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Forced migration onlineFree resource. From Oxford University's Refugee Studies Centre.
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People on the Move: Handbook of Selected Terms and Concepts, version 1.0Free resource - downloadable PDF. Glossary by UNESCO
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Free access to OUP resources on refugee lawIn response to the refugee crisis in Europe, Oxford University Press has made more than 30 book chapters, journal articles, and pieces of content from online resources freely accessible to assist those working with refugees on the ground, as well as anyone who would like to know more about the framework of rights and obligations concerning refugees. The materials are structured around four key questions: who is a refugee, what rights do they have, what are transit states’ obligations, and what are the duties of the state where a refugee applies for asylum. Other useful resources are linked to at the bottom of the page.
To try a subject search for this topic in SOLO ( http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk) use one or more the suggestions below.
Note location details of results carefully: our neighbour library, the Bodleian Social Science Library, has much useful material for these areas of research too!
Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc
Refugees -- Protection -- International cooperation
War - protection of civilians
Political refugees
Refugee rights
Legal assistance to refugees
Asylum, Right of
Asylum Seekers
Refugees -- Civil rights
Political refugees -- Civil rights
Refugee children --
Immigrant children -- Legal status, laws, etc
Immigrants -- Civil rights
Aliens -- Civil rights
Emigration and immigration law
Safe third country
Forced migration
Population transfers
Freedom of Movement (International law)
It is also probable that books classified just under broader subject areas - such as Humanitarian law or Human rights - will also have useful material.
This is our near neighbour - in the Manor Rd building. Not only does it have the Bodleian collection for Migration Studies and Refugee & Forced Migration Studies, but also collects the following: Area Studies, Criminology, Data & Statistics for Social Sciences, Economics, Evidence Based Social Intervention, Geography, International Development, Politics and International Relations, Social Policy & Intervention, Socio Legal Studies and
Sociology.
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Bodleian Social Sciences LibguidesGuidance on the collections and services offered by Bodleian Libraries specialising in the Social Sciences.
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