Product Description: Millions of people are forced today to flee persecution. The core international legal instrument on which they must rely to find safety is the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. This book examines key challenges the Convention faces, on the basis of nine papers by eminent international refugee lawyers, which were then discussed at an expert roundtable meeting in 2001 as part of UNHCR's Global Consultations on International Protection...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: In this collection seventeen experts on international refugee law and policy assess the rights of refugees and asylum seekers, and the often contrasting reality of state practice in this field. Chapters examine the scope of the refugee definition in the 1951 Geneva Refugee Convention and how state practice has influenced the evolution of the definition...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The essays in this work, covering UK asylum law policy, are organized in two sections: the first deals with issues of legal process and policy. The second section provides the context for a more detailed examination of social, health and welfare issues relevant to refugees and asylum seekers...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The horror of the Gulf War; the jungles of Nepal; the swamps of Botswana; and the unfriendly streets of Belfast: Frances Nicholson lived them all through the eyes of her husband. Formerly married to Andy McNab, the author of "Bravo Two Zero", she examines life inside the SAS and shows that anger, violence and passionate sexual adventures are part of Britain's military heroes' lifestyles...read more