I think this is central to Harsha Walia’s Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism—although I guess migration more generally. She has an older one called Undoing Border Imperialism
I’ve only heard her interviewed (I thought she was on Rev Left, but I’m only seeing Millennials are Killing Capitalism) and never read her work.
The one thing that really stuck with me was her mentioning, essentially, the huge asymmetry that exists between North/South migration; in particular that it’s much easier for a person from the global North (which is entangled with whiteness of course) to go wherever they like, but that huge barriers into the North are put up to stop racialized people from entering.
So now I see universities filling a role as de facto immigration officers when it comes to admitting international students, etc.
In the Name of Identity by Amin Maalouf isn't directly about refugees but rather Arabs in the West more generally. Still, I think you'd find it applicable.
Not what you asked for exactly, but I also recommend On Hospitality by Derrida (it's pretty short).
It’s new labor power :free-real-estate:
Idk, I feel only question for state (or people) is whether to allow them do their thing somewhere with some help (I.e. enclaves etc) or trying to assimilate/ mix with them. Both would lead to some cultural clashes, and take long ass time. :shrug-outta-hecks:
I tend to think that states that have contributed to the conditions that lead to people becoming refugees must have a duty to take in those refugees.
Also it's fairly apparent that tightening of refugee policy (and immigration policy in general) is always played for political points
Oh when it comes to Christmas Island (and other Australian offshore detention sites), the cruelty is absolutely the point.
https://crimethinc.com/books/no-wall-they-can-build
I really recommend No Wall They Can Build (there is a free pdf in the link above) to understand the dynamics of the US border. It does have a bit of weird anti-ml sectarianism at the end but overall is very comprehensive, easy and enjoyable to read.
Also includes this badass quote by John Trudell: "When I go around in America and I see the bulk of the white people, they do not feel oppressed; they feel powerless. When I go amongst my own people we do not feel powerless. We feel oppressed. We do not want to make the trade. We see the physical genocide they are trying to inflict upon our lives and we understand the psychological genocide that they have already inflicted upon their own people"
