Migration and Torture in Today's World

This book analyses torture, inhuman and degrading treatment towards migrants worldwide, integrating overviews from several contexts and disciplines. It highlights that today migrants' mistreatment is a global phenomenon, a frequent element of the migratory experience (in countries of departure,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Perocco, Fabio, editor (editor)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Venezia : Fondazione Ca' Foscari 2023.
Series:Societa` e trasformazioni sociali, 10
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009801518906719
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Summary:This book analyses torture, inhuman and degrading treatment towards migrants worldwide, integrating overviews from several contexts and disciplines. It highlights that today migrants' mistreatment is a global phenomenon, a frequent element of the migratory experience (in countries of departure, of transit, of arrival), an intrinsic component of state policies, and an extreme form of that structural violence which is inherent to the contemporary war on migrants at the global level.
Physical Description:1 online resource (287 pages)
ISBN:9788869696350