Displacement marks our times. According to the UNHCR, there are currently 65.6 million people forcibly displaced worldwide. The New York Times ‘Refugees and displaced people’ section is filled with new articles about displacement in different regions of the world on an almost daily basis. At the same time, voices that problematise mobility and migration, not because of concerns with the plight of displaced populations, but out of protectionism and a desire to contain populations are becoming louder. The up- and unrooted are both considered suspect. ....
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PFOSER, A. and DE JONG, S., 2017. We are all displaced. [online]. openDemocracy [viewed 03/05/2019]. Available from https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/we-are-all-displaced/
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2017
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