Refugee registration as foreclosure of the freedom to move: The virtualisation of refugees' rights within maps of international protection

Environment and Planning D: Society and Space

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 352-369

  Franke, Mark F N ^a  

^a HURON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN RIGHTS; MAPPING METHOD; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; REFUGEE; REGIONAL SECURITY; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 70449115839     PISSN: 02637758     EISSN: 14723433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/d6807     Document Type: Article

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