Refugees, Migration and Global Governance : Negotiating the Global Compacts, ...

by Ferris, Elizabeth G.; Donato, Katharine M.

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Refugees, Migration and Global Governance : Negotiating the Global Compacts, Paperback by Ferris, Elizabeth G.; Donato, Katharine M., ISBN 0815388012, ISBN-13 9780815388012, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US As debates about migrants and refugees reverberate around the world, this book offers an important first-hand account of how migration is being approached at the highest levels of international governance. Whereas refugees have long been protected by international law, migrants have been treated differently, with no international consensus definition and no one international migration system. This all changed in September 2016, when the 193 members of the United Nations unanimously adopted the New York Declaration on Refugees and Migrants, laying the groundwork for the creation of governance frameworks for migrants and refugees worldwide. This book provides a fly on the wall analysis of the opportunities and challenges of the two new Global Compacts on Refugees and Migration as governments, international NGOs, multilateral institutions and other actors develop and negotiate them. Looking beyond the compacts, th considers migration governance over time, and asks the bigger questions of what the international community can do on the one hand to affirm and strengthen safe, orderly and regular migration to help drive economic growth and prosperity, whilst on the other hand responding to the problems caused by increasing numbers of refugees and irregular migrants. This hi

• ISBN: 9780815388012
• Condition: Fine

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