“Forgotten,” “Hidden”: Predicaments of the Urban Refugee

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  • Philip Marfleet University of East London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21366

Keywords:

forced migration, irregular migration, urban refugees, Africa, Asia, Latin America

Abstract

Urban refugees are widely viewed as anomalous—people who stand outside a refugee regime which, in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, is based upon rural encampment. This article considers why states and humanitarian agencies view urban refugees in this way. It examines the history of the refugee as an urban person and the recent change in perspective which has enforced a rural norm. It considers the extreme pressures placed upon displaced people in the city and the consequences for communities which contest their marginal status.

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Published

2007-01-01

How to Cite

Marfleet, P. (2007). “Forgotten,” “Hidden”: Predicaments of the Urban Refugee. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees, 24(1), 36–45. https://doi.org/10.25071/1920-7336.21366

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