The new refugees: crime and forced displacement in Latin America

David James Cantor, Nicolás Rodríguez Serna (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

162 Seiten

2016
University of London Press (Verlag)
978-1-908857-18-7 (ISBN)

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In Latin America, recent years have seen an unprecedented rise in the number of people forced to flee from their homes due to the activities of organised criminal groups. What are the reasons behind this emerging crisis of forced displacement in the Americas? Who are these criminal groups and how do they operate in Central America, Mexico and Colombia? Who are the victims and how can their needs be met in these violent and insecure contexts? Can law and policy offer a humanitarian response to this crisis? As the first book to deal with this rapidly evolving phenomenon, this innovative collection offers a range of fresh perspectives from leading experts working across Latin America.

David James Cantor is the Refugee Law Initiative and a reader in Human Rights Law at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. As an ESRC Future Research Leader, David has undertaken extensive eldwork on refugees and displaced persons in Colombia, which has in uenced law and policy, as well as in other countries in the Andean region, Central America, Southern Cone-and Mexico. He has trained and advised governments across the globe, contributed to UNHCR and Nansen Initiative expert meetings, and runs a new distance- learning MA in Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies.

Introduction: Crime and forced displacement in Latin America David James Cantor and Nicolas Rodriguez Serna1. The evolution of crime and violence in Latin America and the CaribbeanSteven Dudley2. Gangs in Central America's Northern Triangle: narratives and journeysAmparo Marroquin Parducci3. Gang violence as a cause of forced migration in the Northern Triangle of Central AmericaDavid James Cantor4. Internal displacement in Mexico: the debate on concepts, statistics and State responsibilityLaura Rubio Diaz Leal5. Post-demobilisation groups and forced displacement in Colombia: a quantitative approach Gabriel Rojas Andrade6. A silenced exodus: intra-urban displacement in Medellin Beatriz Eugenia Sanchez Mojica7. The displaced as victims of organised crime: Mexico and Colombia compared Nicolas Rodriguez Serna and Jean-Francois Durieux8. Persecution, politics and protection in the United States: finding refuge from organised crime in the Americas Sarnata Reynolds
International protection of persons displaced by organised crime: Latin American legal and policy frameworksDavid James Cantor

Erscheinungsdatum	10.07.2016
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations, black and white
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-908857-18-8 / 1908857188
ISBN-13	978-1-908857-18-7 / 9781908857187
Zustand	Neuware