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BL
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880634
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Cockburn, Cynthia
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| Title & Author
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Looking to London : : stories of war, escape and asylum /\ Cynthia Cockburn.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Pluto Press,, 2017.
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1 online resource (ix, 242 pages) :: illustrations.
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| ISBN
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1786801264
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: 1786801272
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: 1786801280
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: 9781786801265
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: 9781786801272
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: 9781786801289
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0745399215
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0745399223
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9780745399218
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9780745399225
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9781786801289
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978178681272
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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London: magnet for migrants -- From South-East Turkey to North-East London: Kurds in Hackney -- From the Horn of Africa to the Isle of Dogs: Somalis in Tower hamlets -- Home for whom? Tamils in Hounslow and home office detention -- The Sudan's divided people come to Camden -- Syrian War, migration crisis and 'refugees welcome' in Lambeth.
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| Abstract
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"London is celebrated as one of the most ethnically diverse capitals in the world, and has been a magnet of migration since its origin. Looking to London steps into the maelstrom of current and recent wars and the resulting migration crisis, telling the stories of women refugees who have made it to London to seek safe haven amoung its many communities, under the watchful eye of the security services."
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Women refugees-- England-- London.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration Immigration
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Women refugees.
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England, London.
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| Dewey Classification
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362.8/7409421
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| LC Classification
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HV640.4.G7C635 2017eb
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