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A refugee is a legal category before it is anything else, and most public argument about refugees goes wrong by mixing up three different things: the definition in the 1951 Convention, which is narrow and turns on persecution; the far larger population of people displaced by war, collapse and increasingly climate, most of whom never cross a border at all; and the political question of what receiving countries owe anyone.
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Refugees: The Best Books on Forced Migration and Asylum, in Order
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- How should I approach learning refugees and forced migration?
- A refugee is a legal category before it is anything else, and most public argument about refugees goes wrong by mixing up three different things: the definition in the 1951 Convention, which is narrow and turns on persecution; the far larger population of people displaced by war, collapse and increasingly climate, most of whom never cross a border at all; and the political question of what receiving countries owe anyone.
- What's a good book to start refugees and forced migration with?
- A strong starting point is Naked Don't Fear the Water by Matthieu Aikins. The ordered reading paths above show exactly where it fits and what to read next.