Journal article
Humanitarian hubris in the global compacts on refugees and migration
Abstract
The global compacts on refugees and migration are expressions of what I call “humanitarian hubris”. This hubris is manifested in at least three ways. The first is the global compacts’ confidence in the need to manage migration and asylum in the first place, along with the hubris that governments and international agencies are capable of managing global movements in a “safe, orderly, and regular” manner. The second source of hubris concerns the …
Authors
Nyers P
Journal
Global Affairs, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 171–178
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
March 15, 2019
DOI
10.1080/23340460.2019.1644188
ISSN
2334-0460