J. Seabrook 
The Refuge and the Fortress [PDF ebook] 
Britain and the Flight from Tyranny

In the 75th anniversary of CARA (Council for Assisting Refugee Academics), this book explores the experiences and achievements of refugee academics and their rescuers to recount Britain’s past relationship with overseas victims of persecution, and as vital questions about our present-day attitudes towards immigration and asylum.

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List of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgements A Note on the Text Introduction PART I: ACADEMIC REFUGEES PART II: THEN PART III: UNTIL Eastern Europe Southern Africa West and North-Western Africa PART IV: NOW Africa The Caucusus, Iran, Central Asia and the Far East The Journey to Safety Conclusion Bibliography

Over de auteur

JEREMY SEABROOK is a former teacher, social worker, journalist and playwright, contributor to
the Guardian,
New Internationalist and
the Statesman in Kolkata. He is the author of 40 books, dealing with social and economic justice and international development. Among the most recent are
Children of Other Worlds (child labour),
Travels in the Sex Trade (sex tourism),
Love in a Different Climate (same-sex relationships, India),
Consuming Cultures, ( globalization and local lives).