Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Preface - Kamel Morjane Abbreviations 1. Arms availability and refugee militirization in Africa - conceptualising the issues - Robert Muggah and Edward Mogire 2. The militirization and demilitirization of refugee camps and settlements in Guinea, 1999 - 2004 - James Milner with Astrid Christoffersen-deb 3. Protection failures: Outward and inward militirization of refugee camps and settlements and IDP camps in Uganda - Robert Muggah 4. Preventing or abetting: refugee militirization in Tanzania - Edward Mogire 5. The wheel turns again: militirization and Rwanda's Congolese refugees - Gregory Mthembu-Salter 6. From bad to better: reflections on refugee and IDP militirization in Africa - Sue J. Nahm About the contributors Index

Promotional Information

This book traces the experience of refugee and IDP militarization in four African countries emerging from or affected by war: Guinea, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda. It considers the effects of such militarization on regional, national, and human security, and reflects on the responses of hosting governments and humanitarian organizations.

About the Author

Robert Muggah is a fellow at the Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and senior researcher and project manager of the Small Arms Survey at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva. The contributors are researchers and associates of the Small Arms Survey.

Reviews

A well-coordinated collection
*No Refuge is a valuable contribution to the literature about refugee camp administration and politics in the context of Africa's wars...This book is a good reminder that, focused as they are on the mundane day-to-day tasks, workers organizing refugee communities on the ground sometimes forget that the context of regional political interests makes refugees particularly vulnerable to political manipulation by forces both within and outside refugee communities.*

Able and excellent treatment of a web of contemporary refugee militarization and security issues ... a resourceful read for donors, practitioners, policy-makers and academics concerned with strengthening and ameliorating refugee protection
*African Security Review*

No Refuge provides a valuable contribution to the growing literature on the dynamics of forced migration and small arms proliferation.
*Mark Naftalin, Journal of Peace Research*

No Refuge provides a timely analysis by a group of Africa experts of the causes and consequences of refugee militarization in Africa. It should prove invaluable for practitioners, policy-makers, and academics in their quest to find practical and effective remedies for this growing humanitarian and security problem. I highly recommend it.
*Professor Gil Loescher, Centre for International Studies, University of Oxford*

Africa's refugee and IDP camps are a cause of major concern to the international community. Millions of men, women, and children endure situations of protracted displacement in deplorable conditions. In the absence of more durable solutions, refugees and IDPs in many situations are exceptionally susceptible to militarization. No Refuge describes how the phenomenon of refugee militarization threatens to undermine asylum and protection. This edited volume is a timely and invaluable resource for governments, UNHCR protection officers, UN agencies, and NGOs. It is a must-read for all concerned with improving the safety and rights of refugees and IDPs on the ground.
*Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees*