Church Asylum

Church asylum, or sanctuary, is a practice to support, counsel and give shelter to refugees who are threatened with deportation to inhumane living conditions, torture or even death. This practice can be located at the interface of benevolence and politics.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Birgit Neufert
Format: Article
Language:Arabic
Published: University of Oxford 2014-11-01
Series:Forced Migration Review
Subjects:
IDP
Online Access:http://www.fmreview.org/faith/neufert
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spelling doaj-d819dc942b5d497695cff7f245e1b3382020-11-24T22:54:38ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98192051-30702014-11-01483637Church AsylumBirgit Neufert0German Ecumenical Committee on Church AsylumChurch asylum, or sanctuary, is a practice to support, counsel and give shelter to refugees who are threatened with deportation to inhumane living conditions, torture or even death. This practice can be located at the interface of benevolence and politics.http://www.fmreview.org/faith/neufertrefugeeIDPstatelessinternal displacementforced migrationmigrationfaithreligionfaith communitiesfaith-basedchurch asylumsanctuary
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Forced Migration Review
refugee
IDP
stateless
internal displacement
forced migration
migration
faith
religion
faith communities
faith-based
church asylum
sanctuary
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title Church Asylum
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publisher University of Oxford
series Forced Migration Review
issn 1460-9819
2051-3070
publishDate 2014-11-01
description Church asylum, or sanctuary, is a practice to support, counsel and give shelter to refugees who are threatened with deportation to inhumane living conditions, torture or even death. This practice can be located at the interface of benevolence and politics.
topic refugee
IDP
stateless
internal displacement
forced migration
migration
faith
religion
faith communities
faith-based
church asylum
sanctuary
url http://www.fmreview.org/faith/neufert
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