UNHCR and the Algerian war of independence
Postcolonial sovereignty and the globalization of the international refugee regime, 1954–63
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9366245 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Malika Rahal (0000-0002-9707-6217, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, corresponding author), Benjamin Thomas White (0000-0003-0833-784X, University of Glasgow, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 331-352 |
| Publication date | 2022-03-11 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Global History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1740-0228 • E-ISSN: 1740-0236 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1740022821000449 |
| OpenAlex | W4220871658 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 4 |
The Algerian war of independence (1954-62) was crucial to the extension of the modern international refugee regime beyond Europe. It is also the exemplar of how that regime became a site for the establishment of postcolonial sovereignty, globally. Tunisia and Morocco, newly independent, requested UNHCR’s help in assisting hundreds of thousands of Algerian refugees: interacting with the refugee regime allowed them to establish their credentials as independent states while asserting sovereignty over their own territories. In Algeria, the 1951 Refugee Convention applied before the war started, and UNHCR worked there to support ‘old’ refugees. During the war, the Front de Libération Nationale asserted itself as a state-in-waiting by engaging with UNHCR outside Algeria as the agency coordinated a vast relief operation. After the war, as refugees returned to a landscape riven by mass displacement, interacting with the refugee regime helped the new state assert sovereignty over Algeria’s territory, and Algerian bodies
Decolonization · Development economics · Economics · Independence (probability theory · International relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Sociology · Sovereignty · Spanish Civil War · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · Historical and Contemporary Political Dynamics · Law · North African History and Literature
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| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |