Missing Boundaries: Refugees, Migrants, Stateless and Internally Displaced Persons in South Asia

Missing Boundaries: Refugees, Migrants, Stateless and Internally Displaced Persons in South Asia

By- P.R. Chari, Mallika Joseph and Suba Chandran (eds)

South Asia has 14 per cent of the world’s refugee population and is the principal source and host of refugees. The causes behind the displacement—political instability, armed conflict, lack of resources and so on in South Asia and its immediate neighbourhood have not declined but, in fact, have been increasing; and the security threats posed by the refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) is set to increase, given the lack of resources and poor governance prevalent in the region. Yet, none of the countries in South Asia have signed any major convention or treaty at the international level in regard to refugees; nor have they any national legislation or regional framework to deal with these issues.

A comprehensive study focusing on the various dimensions of displacement in South Asia including refugees, migrants, stateless persons and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) was felt imperative by the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.

Acknowledging non-traditional sources of insecurity as being the cornerstone of human insecurity, the IPCS had commenced to focus on a range of non-miltary threats to security including Drug Trafficking, Terrorism, Refugees, Organized Crime, Governance and Environmental Issues. The current volume with specific focus on migration and displacement is a small step in that direction.

P.R. Chari, former member of the Indian Administrative Service, is currently Research Professor at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. He has worked extensively on nuclear disarmament, non-proliferation and Indian defence issues and has authored many books on these subjects.

Mallika Joseph is Assistant Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi. Her research interests include landmines and IEDs, Naxalites, transnational crime and Interpol and has authored works on landmines and IEDs in South Asia.

D. Suba Chandran is Assistant Director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies, New Delhi and currently is working on the Ford Foundation study on India’s Security Problematique. He has worked on Pakistan, Kashmir, Indo-Pak relations and suicide terrorism.

ISBN  81-7304-503-8   2003   222p.   Rs.450/Pounds 40

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