Fragments of Home: Refugee Housing and the Politics of Shelter

by Tom Scott-Smith

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Abandoned airports. Shipping containers. Squatted hotels. These are just three of the many unusual places that have housed refugees in the past decade. The story of international migration is often told through personal odysseys and dangerous journeys, but when people arrive at their destinations a more mundane task begins: refugees need a place to stay. Governments and charities have adopted a range of strategies in response to this need. Some have sequestered refugees in massive camps of glinting metal. Others have hosted them in renovated office blocks and disused warehouses. They often end up in prefabricated shelters flown in...

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  • ISBN10 1503640299
  • ISBN13 9781503640290
  • Publish Date 3 September 2024
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Stanford University Press
  • Format eBook (iBook)
  • Pages 250
  • Language English