Refugee Politics in the Middle East and North Africa ― Human Rights, Safety, and Identity

AKM Ahsan Ullah provides and insightful analysis of migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa. He examines the intricate relationship of these phenomena with human rights, safety concerns and issues of identity crisis and identity formation. Engaging in a wide range of current debates including the Arab Uprising and regional and international responses to refugee movements, this book will enrich the present understanding of migration and refugee rights.

AKM Ahsan Ullah is Associate Director at the Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies and Assistant Professor of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. With over twenty years of experience in teaching and research, he has published extensively on migration, refugee and development studies. He taught and conducted research at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand, the City University of Hong Kong, the Centre for Development Research (ZEF), Germany, Saint Mary's University, McMaster University, and the University of Ottawa, Canada.