Author Description

"Forced Migration: Current Issues and Debates addresses the need for a book that draws together the most recent debates and cutting-edge issues in forced migration. The book includes a combination of theory, policy and practice, adopts an inter-disciplinary approach and provides different regional perspectives. The book is in two parts. The first part provides an overview of the key debates within forced migration and their evolution and offers a state of the art insight into the main contemporary issues. It also offers an examination of methodological approaches for the study of forced migration. The second part of the book addresses key issues in the field selected for their relevance to policy and practice, theoretical developments and the lived experiences of forced migrants. They include detention and off shore processing; deportation and forced return; protracted displacements; securitizing the Mediterranean and cross-border migration practices; refugees in global cities; and forced migrants’ transnationalism in the digital age. Case studies will be used where relevant to illustrate key issues in an applied context. "--Provided by publisher.