Reluctant Reception: Refugees, Migration and Governance in the Middle East and North Africa [Hardcover]

An original, comparative analysis of the politics of asylum seeking and migration in the Middle East and North Africa.An original, comparative analysis of the politics of asylum seeking and migration in the Middle East and North Africa, using Egypt, Morocco and Turkey to explore why, and for what gain, host states treat migrants and refugees with indifference.An original, comparative analysis of the politics of asylum seeking and migration in the Middle East and North Africa, using Egypt, Morocco and Turkey to explore why, and for what gain, host states treat migrants and refugees with indifference.Seeking to understand why host states treat migrants and refugees inclusively, exclusively, or without any direct engagement, Kelsey P. Norman offers this original, comparative analysis of the politics of asylum seeking and migration in the Middle East and North Africa. While current classifications of migrant and refugee engagement in the Global South mistake the absence of formal policy and law for neglect, Reluctant Reception proposes the concept of?'strategic indifference', where states proclaim to be indifferent toward migrants and refugees, thereby inviting international organizations and local NGOs to step in and provide services on the state's behalf. Using the cases of Egypt, Morocco and Turkey to develop her theory of 'strategic indifference', Norman demonstrates how, by allowing migrants and refugees to integrate locally into large informal economies, and by allowing organizations to provide basic services, host countries receive international credibility while only exerting minimal state resources.1. Introduction: migration in the Global North and South; 2. Host state engagement in the Middle East and North Africa; 3. Egypt: from strategic indifference to post-revolutionary repression; 4. Morocco: from raids and roundups to a new politics of migration; 5. Turkey: from strategic indifference to institutionalized control; 6. Differential treatment by nationalitylã¡