Syrians crossing the Mediterranean in ramshackle boats bound for Europe; Sudanese refugees, their belongings on their backs, fleeing overland into neighboring countries; children separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border--these are the images that the Global Refugee Crisis conjures to many. In the news we often see photos of people in transit, suffering untold deprivations in desperate bids to escape their countries and find safety. But behind these images, there is a second crisis--a crisis of arrival. Refugees in the 21st century have only three real options--urban slums, squalid refugee camps, or dangerous journeys to seek asylum--and none provide genuine refuge -- Amazon.

Who is a refugee? --Moral obligations, or why we should help people even if we don't like them -- Reasons for and against accepting refugees : a philosophical overview -- Refugee camps and urban settlements : the problem we have created -- The price we demand for asylum -- Structural injustice.