Refugee Sandwich
Stories of Exile and Asylum
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Emigration & Immigration
| Author: | Peter Showler | ISBN: | 9780773578838 |
| Publisher: | MQUP | Publication: | March 31, 2006 |
| Imprint: | MQUP | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Showler |
| ISBN: | 9780773578838 |
| Publisher: | MQUP |
| Publication: | March 31, 2006 |
| Imprint: | MQUP |
| Language: | English |
Showler uses satire to expose the prejudices, myopia, ignorance, provincialism, and lack of sensitivity that mark the decisions of officials. Refugee Sandwich attacks the patronage-based system of appointment and re-appointment and its sometimes tragic consequences, revealing the wide gulf between legal ideal and legal fact. Against a historical analysis of human rights abuses from a dozen countries, the author offers a sympathetic rendering of the predicament of the refugee claimant as well as a critical look at some of the more common devices and abusive strategies employed by fraudulent claimants.
Showler uses satire to expose the prejudices, myopia, ignorance, provincialism, and lack of sensitivity that mark the decisions of officials. Refugee Sandwich attacks the patronage-based system of appointment and re-appointment and its sometimes tragic consequences, revealing the wide gulf between legal ideal and legal fact. Against a historical analysis of human rights abuses from a dozen countries, the author offers a sympathetic rendering of the predicament of the refugee claimant as well as a critical look at some of the more common devices and abusive strategies employed by fraudulent claimants.
