Refugee Resettlement Quotes

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Alexander Betts
“The world simply has not created a refugee assistance model compatible with a world of global cities.”
Alexander Betts, Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System

Alexander Betts
“One way of grounding how we should identify refugees in a changing world is through the concept of force majeure - the absence of a reasonable choice but to leave. More specifically, the threshold for refuge would be: fear of serious physical harm. And the test would be: when would a reasonable person not see her- or himself as having a choice but to flee? In other words, if you were in the same situation, what would you do?”
Alexander Betts, Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System