1st Edition
The Search for Home among Forced Migrants and Refugees People on the Move
This book explores the role of “home” in the lives of displaced people, including voluntary and forced migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced people, and temporary workers.
For displaced people, home is something lost, longed for, and sometimes found anew. It is a community of people in an environment of relationships and a physical dwelling that provide a sense of safety, security, hope, and belonging. Much of the efforts of refugees, migrants and exiles are devoted to rebuilding a home, through a combination of personal effort and collaboration with the political and social environment of the host community. Aguirre and Argandoña bring together an interdisciplinary collection of contributors to analyse these challenges through the lenses of economics, law, sociology, psychology, communications, management and political science. The book offers numerous suggestions for assistance aimed not only at the short-term problems of displaced people, but also at ensuring their human dignity.
This volume will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of the sociology of migration and of public policy related to the handling of migrants.
Introduction
Maria Sophia Aguirre
Part 1: Analysis of Experience: Listening
1. Families Seeking Peace and Dignity: The Search for “Home” among Forced Migrants and Refugees
Robert J. Vitillo
2. Making a Digital Home?: Homeliness at Times of Digital Co-presences and Absences
Myria Georgiou
3. Home Life and Familial Experiences of Migrant and Seasonal Farm Workers with Young Children in the United States
Sandra Barrueco and John Paul Ryan
Part 2: Practices that Effectively Assist in the Reconstruction of Home
4. Syrian Experiences of Forced Displacement: Resettlement and Remaking Home in Canada
Suzan Ilcan
5. The Case of Venezuelan International Migrants and How a Friendly Colombian Migration Policy Fostered Integration into Society
Magaly Sanchez-R
6. Investing for Inclusion: How Refugee Lens Investing Can Facilitate the Inclusion of the Forcibly Displaced into Local Host Communities
Christine Mahoney and John Kluge
Part 3: Policy Recommendations
7. The Concept of “Home” in Human Rights Discourse with Special Reference to the Needs of Displaced Persons
Robert A. Destro
8. Building Home in U.S. Immigrant Integration and Inclusion Policies and Initiatives
Kelly Ryan and Heather Salfrank Joseph
Biography
Maria Sophia Aguirre is an Ordinary Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at the Catholic University of America.
Antonio Argandoña is an Emeritus Professor of Economics and Business Ethics at the IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain.
