Education, Asylum and the 'Non-Citizen' Child: The Politics of Compassion and Belonging

by Madeleine Arnot (Author), Mano Candappa (Author), HalleliPinson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2010

  $12.71

  Refugees are physically and symbolically 'out of place' - their presence forces governments to address issues of rights and moral obligations. This book contrasts the hostility of immigration policy to 'non-citizen'' children with teachers' exceptional compassion and 'citizen students' ambivalence in defining who can belong.