Forced migration has become a world-wide phenomenon in the past century, affecting increasing numbers of countries and people. It entails important challenges from a global health perspective. Leppold et al have critically discussed the Japanese interpretation of global responsibility for health in the context of forced migration. This commentary complements their analysis by outlining three pr...

Abstract This chapter introduces the central conceptual and theoretical framework of volume, which is nexus between everyday security, forced migration family separation. We discuss problems with term ‘refugee’ justify security as an approach. then present global transnational scope book, enables us to rebalance previous scholarship on families migration. Finally, we provide a brief roadmap con...

One of the key consequences of civil conflict is forced migration. The United Nations Population Division (2013) suggests that from the total global stock of 232 million international migrants in 2013, about 16 million (6.8%) were refugees. Just recently, over 2 million Syrians have been displaced since the conflict started in March 2011 (UNHCR, 2013). The magnitude and frequency of forced disp...

This paper explores the relationship between forced migration and the city. The paper outlines four accounts of the city centred on: displacement and the camp-city, dispersal and refugee resettlement, the ‘re-scaling’ of borders, and the city as a sanctuary. Whilst valuable, these discussions maintain a focus on sovereign authority that tends to prioritize the policing of forced migration over ...

This open access book brings into dialogue emerging and seasoned migration religion scholars with spiritual leaders