2018/11/28 by James C. Hathaway · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Global Peace and Security Dynamics #Migration, Refugees, and Integration #International Law and Human Rights
paper · doi:10.1628/jite-2019-0006
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The theoretically global responsibility to protect refugees is today heavily skewed, with just ten countries – predominantly very poor – hosting more than half of the worlds refugee population. Refugee protection has moreover become tantamount to warehousing for most refugees, with roughly half of the worlds refugees stuck in »protracted refugee situations« for decades with their lives on hold. Both concerns – the unprincipled allocation of responsibility based on accidents of geography and the desperate need for greater attention to resettlement as a core protection response – cry out for a global, managed system to protect refugees.