Refugees and refugee studies

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Notes

1. The authors’ starting point is that refugees no longer flee persecution but are instead the product of “fragile states” and thus victims of insecurity. They insist that “refugees are not migrants,” and that refugees must be enabled to work in “haven” countries. Perhaps because of a shortage of space, or perhaps a cavalier approach to history, the authors neglect to mention that arguments in favor of development to address refugee crises have a long ancestry, stretching back to the 1920s.