Political refugees
Here are entered works on persons who have fled their native countries because of political persecution or instability. This heading may be subdivided geographically to indicate the country of origin and/or the destination of the political refugees.
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Broader term:Narrower terms:- Political refugees -- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Political refugees -- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Political refugees -- Civil rights
- Political refugees -- Drama
- Political refugees -- Fiction
- Political refugees -- Germany
- Political refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc.
- Political refugees -- Pennsylvania
- Political refugees -- South Africa
- Defectors
- Asylum seekers
- Refugees, Political
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Refugees: Anarchy or Organization? (New York: Random House, c1938), by Dorothy Thompson, contrib. by Hamilton Fish Armstrong (page images at HathiTrust)- The Homesick Million: Russia-out-of-Russia (Boston: The Stratford Co., c1933), by William Chapin Huntington (page images at HathiTrust)
- Admission of German Refugee Children: Hearings Before the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, House of Representatives, Seventy-Sixth Congress, First Session on H.J. Res. 165 and H.J. Res. 168, Joint Resolutions to Authorize the Admission to the United States of a Limited Number of German Refugee Children, May 24, 25, 31, and June 1, 1939 (Washington: GPO, 1939), by United States House Committee on Immigration and Naturalization (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Jewish Refugee Problem; and The Egregious Gentile Called to Account (New York: League for Industrial Democracy, c1939), by Bruce Bliven and Grover Cleveland Hall (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Why Europe Leaves Home: A True Account of the Reasons Which Cause Europeans to Overrun America, Which Lead Russians to Rush to Costantinople and Other Fascinating and Unpleasant Places, Which Coax Greek Royalty and Commoners Into Strange Byways and Hedges, And Which Induce Englishmen and Scotchmen to Go Out at Night (Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Co., c1922), by Kenneth Lewis Roberts
- A Guide to Materials for Teaching English to Refugees (New York: Committee for Refugee Education, 1940), by Fanne Aronoff, Gilbert Convers, and Nora Hodges (page images at HathiTrust)
- Survival Migration: Failed Governance and the Crisis of Displacement (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, c2013), by Alexander Betts (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Press)
- "Who's Living In My House?" Obstacles to the Safe Return of Refugees and Displaced People (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- In Search of Safety: The Forcible Displaced and Human Rights in Africa (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- The Tempest, by William Shakespeare (HTML with commentary at folger.edu)
- The Tempest (Old-Spelling Shakespeare series; London: Chatto and Windus; New York: Duffield and Co., 1908), by William Shakespeare, ed. by Frederick James Furnivall, contrib. by F. W. Clarke (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Tempest (London: Oxford University Press, 1914), by William Shakespeare, ed. by W. J. Craig (HTML at Bartleby)
- The Tempest (with annotations and scene index), by William Shakespeare, ed. by Philip Weller (HTML at Shakespeare Navigators)
- The Tempest (1674 edition), by William Shakespeare (page images here at Penn)
- The Far Country (c1952), by Nevil Shute (HTML in Canada; NO US ACCESS)
- Refugee Facts: A Study of the German Refugee in America (Philadelphia: American Friends Service Committee, 1939), by American Friends Service Committee
- Common Rights and Expectations: Primary International Treaties Protecting The Rights of All People, by United Nations, ed. by John Bart Gerald (HTML at nightslantern.ca)
- Fear, Flight and Forcible Exile: Refugees in the Middle East (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Refugee Women at Risk: Unfair U.S. Laws Hurt Asylum Seekers (New York: Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, c2002), by Eleanor Acer (PDF at Wayback Machine)
- The Sanctuary City: Immigrant, Refugee, and Receiving Communities in Postindustrial Philadelphia (Ithaca, NY and London: Cornell University Press, c2022), by Domenic Vitiello (PDF and Epub with commentary at Cornell Open)
- Prohibited Persons: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and Refugees in South Africa, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)
- A Prison Without Bars: Refugee and Defector Testimonies of Severe Violations of Freedom of Religion or Belief in North Korea (in English and Korean; 2008), by United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (PDF at uscirf.gov)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Refugees- Refuge in a Moving World: Tracing Refugee and Migrant Journeys Across Disciplines (London: UCL Press, c2020), ed. by Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh
- HIAS Haggadah (c2019), by HIAS (Agency) (PDF files with commentary at hias.org)
- Human Security for All: A Tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello (New York: Fordham University Press, and Center for International Health and Coooperation, 2004), ed. by Kevin M. Cahill (PDF with commentary at bepress.com)
- The Construction of Minorities: Cases for Comparison Across Time and Around the World (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2001), ed. by André Burguière and Raymond Grew (page images at HathiTrust)
- Policy or Panic? The Flight of Ethnic Albanians from Kosovo, March-May 1999 (Washington: American Association for the Advancement of Science, c2000), by Patrick Ball (HTML at hrdag.org)
- The General Langfitt Story: Polish Refugees Recount Their Experiences of Exile, Dispersal and Resettlement (1995), by Maryon Allbrook and Helen Cattalini (illustrated HTML and PDF at Wayback Machine)
- Bosnia-Herzgovina, All the Way Home: Safe "Minority Returns" as a Just Remedy and for a Secure Future (1998), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Refugees in Eastern Zaire and Rwanda: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, December 4, 1996 (1997), by United States House Committee on International Relations (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Free Cubans Confute Senator J. William Fulbright: Letter to Senator J. Wm. Fulbright and Report (Miami: Truth About Cuba Committee, ca. 1967), by Luis V. Manrara (page images at Miami)
- Freehold, by Michael Z. Willamson (multiple formats at Baen Free Library)
- The Wanderer: or, Female Difficulties (5 volumes; London: Longman, Hurst, Reese, Orme, and Brown, 1914), by Fanny Burney
- They Still Draw Pictures: Drawings Made by Spanish Children During the Spanish Civil War, 1938 (electronic edition, c1998), contrib. by Aldous Huxley (frame-dependent illustrated HTML at ucsd.edu)
- They Still Draw Pictures! Drawings Made by Spanish Children During the Spanish Civil War, 1938 (New York: Spanish Child Welfare Association of America, 1938), contrib. by Aldous Huxley (multiple formats at archive.org)
- My Life and Travels, by Levi Branham (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Carceral Humanitarianism: Logics of Refugee Detention (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c2016), by Kelly Oliver (illustrated HTML with commentary at umn.edu)
- Iraq: The Situation of Iraqi Refugees in Syria (2007), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Diary of a Refugee, ed. by Frances Hewitt Fearn, illust. by Rosalie Urquhart (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Fear, Flight and Forcible Exile: Refugees in the Middle East (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Mobilizing Global Knowledge: Refugee Research in an Age of Displacement (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, c2019), ed. by Susan McGrath and Julie E. E. Young (PDF with commentary at ucalgary.ca)
- Refugees in Eastern Zaire and Rwanda: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights of the Committee on International Relations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session, December 4, 1996 (1997), by United States House Committee on International Relations (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Rwanda: Ending the Silence (1997), by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Prohibited Persons: Abuse of Undocumented Migrants, Asylum-Seekers, and Refugees in South Africa, by Human Rights Watch (Organization) (HTML at hrw.org)
- Ethnicity and Nationality: Refugees in Asia, by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- Ethnicity and Nationality: Refugees in Asia, by Amnesty International (PDF at amnesty.org)
- The Testimony of a Refugee from East Tennessee (Philadelphia: Printed for gratuitous distribution, 1863), by Hermann Bokum
- Reminiscences of the Civil War, by Cora Mitchel (HTML and TEI at UNC)
- A Belle of the Fifties: Memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, by Virginia Clay-Clopton (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- Diary of a Refugee, ed. by Frances Hewitt Fearn, illust. by Rosalie Urquhart (illustrated HTML and TEI at UNC)
- My Life and Travels, by Levi Branham (HTML and TEI at UNC)
More items available under broader and related terms at left.