In a protracted displacement situation, refugees are sequestered in camps without right of mobility or employment; their lives remain on hold and stagnate in a state of limbo for a long period. Featuring case studies by experts in the field, this book reviews the situation and results of research and policies that have left refugees as a forgotten group in protracted situations.

Howard Adelman is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at York University, Toronto. Professor Adelman was the founder and director of York University's Centre for Refugee Studies until the end of 1993. He is a leading scholar on refugee matters and is currently Research Professor, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice & Governance, Griffith University. Professor Adelman has written extensively on the Middle East, humanitarian intervention, membership rights, ethics, early warning and conflict management, refugee repatriation, policy and resettlement.

Chapter 1 Protracted Displacement, Howard Adelman; Chapter 2, Susan Banki; Chapter 3 Protracted Displacement on the Thai-Burmese Border: The Interrelated Search for Durable Solutions, Susan Banki, Hazel Lang; Chapter 4 The Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh: A Failure of the International Protection Regime, Eileen Pittaway; Chapter 5, Hazel Lang, Anita Knudsen; Chapter 6 The Case of the Afghan Refugee Population: Finding Durable Solutions in Contested Transitions, Susanne Schmeidl, William Maley; Chapter 7 The Refugee and IDP Problem in Iraq, Howard Adelman; Chapter 8 Better Approaches to Protracted Displacement?, Michael G. Smith;