Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa – Kelsey P. Norman

Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa

Author: Kelsey P. Norman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print Length: 320 pages

Genre: Non-Fiction / International Relations, Political Science, Migration & Refugee Studies

Area: Middle East, North Africa, Egypt, Morocco, Turkey/Turkiye

Topic: Asylum & Refugee System, Asylum & Asylum Seekers, Refugees & Forced Migration, Migrants, Migration, Mobility & Immobility, Governance, Host Community, Hospitality, Hostility, Exclusion, Local & Global, Geopolitics, Politics & Power, Global South, Global North, UNHCR, Non-Profit Organization (NGO), The 1951 Convention Non-Signatory Country, Refugee Local Integration, Ethnic & Ethnicity, Religion, Race, Repression, Strategic Indifference

Seeking to understand why host states treat migrants and refugees inclusively, exclusively, or without any direct engagement, Kelsey P. Norman offers this original, comparative analysis of the politics of asylum seeking and migration in the Middle East and North Africa. While current classifications of migrant and refugee engagement in the Global South mistake the absence of formal policy and law for neglect, Reluctant Reception proposes the concept of ‘strategic indifference’, where states proclaim to be indifferent toward migrants and refugees, thereby inviting international organizations and local NGOs to step in and provide services on the state’s behalf.

Using the cases of Egypt, Morocco and Turkey to develop her theory of ‘strategic indifference’, Norman demonstrates how, by allowing migrants and refugees to integrate locally into large informal economies, and by allowing organizations to provide basic services, host countries receive international credibility while only exerting minimal state resources.

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Preface

1. Introduction: Migration in the Global North and South

2. Host State Engagement in the Middle East and North Africa

3. Egypt: From Strategic Indifference to Postrevolutionary Repression

4. Morocco: From Raids and Roundups to a New Politics of Migration

5. Turkey: From Strategic Indifference to Institutionalized Control

6. Differential Treatment by Nationality? Ethnicity, Religion, and Race

7. The Domestic Influence of International Actors: UNHCR and IOM’s Role in Host State Policy Outcomes

8. The Post-2015 Migration Paradigm in the Mediterranean

9. Conclusion and Avenues Forwards

Appendix A: Elite Interview Table

Appendix B: Migrant and Refugee Interview Table

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Index

Kelsey P. Norman is a fellow for the Middle East at Rice University’s Baker Institute and director of the Women’s Rights, Human Rights and Refugees Program. Her research focuses on refugee and migration issues in the Middle East and globally, as well as women’s rights, human rights, comparative political institutions, international relations, and Middle East and North African politics. Her book, “Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration, and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa,” was published by Cambridge University Press in 2021. The book was selected as one of Choice’s Outstanding Titles for 2021, was awarded an honorable mention by the American Political Science Association’s Migration and Citizenship 2021 Best Book Committee, and was selected for The Washington Post’s 2022 Annual African Politics Summer Reading Spectacular. Her research has been published in various academic journals, and she regularly gives radio and television interviews and public lectures on topics related to her research and analysis. Additionally, she is an advisory board member of Refugees Solidarity Network in New York.

Source: https://www.bakerinstitute.org/expert/kelsey-norman

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