“Around the world, refugees are effectively offered a false choice between three dismal options: encampment, urban destitution, or perilous journeys.” RefugeRefugeeRefugeesRefugee CrisisRefugee CampsRefugee Experience Book:Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System Source: Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System
“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?” RefugeRefugeeRefugeesFleeingRefugee CrisisSurvival ModeRefugee ExperienceRefugee Resettlement Book:Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System Source: Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System