Synopses & Reviews
The Nicaraguan revolution of 1978 and the subsequent violence engulfing the Central American states, causes mass migration of Latin American persons seeking territorial asylum. Latin American States and Political Refugees focuses on the questions surrounding this new problem of refugees. Yundt uses regime analysis, a method whereby principles, norms, and social institutions are studied to identify the general obligations due refugees. The central concern of this study is whether the regional rules, norms, procedures and social institutions established by the Latin American states in governing political refugees, are compatible with or dissimilar to those of the established United Nations refugees regime.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Latin American States and Refugees Under the League of Nations
Prewar Asylum Policies of the Latin American States
The International Refugee Organization and Latin American States
The Global Refugee Regime
Asylees and Refugees Under the Inter-American System
The Global Regime and the Inter-American System
The South American States
Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
Massive Exodus in Central America: The Prospects of Regime Transformation
Bibliography
Index