Rejecting “Misfits:” Canada and the Nansen Passport
After 1918, millions of refugees from the former Russian and Ottoman Empires found themselves without citizenship. To facilitate refugee travel and work, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, League of Nations HCR, established an international identity certificate, generally known as the “Nansen passport” This docum...
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crsagepubl:10.1177/019791839402800203 2023-05-15T16:18:25+02:00 Rejecting “Misfits:” Canada and the Nansen Passport Kaprielian-Churchill, Isabel 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791839402800203 http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/019791839402800203 en eng SAGE Publications http://journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license International Migration Review volume 28, issue 2, page 281-306 ISSN 0197-9183 1747-7379 Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Demography journal-article 1994 crsagepubl https://doi.org/10.1177/019791839402800203 2022-04-14T04:51:50Z After 1918, millions of refugees from the former Russian and Ottoman Empires found themselves without citizenship. To facilitate refugee travel and work, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, League of Nations HCR, established an international identity certificate, generally known as the “Nansen passport” This document identified the refugee but did not give him the same rights as a legal passport, most notably, the right of return. After the war, racism in Canada's immigration program and a concern for potential public charges affected the way in which Canada dealt with the Nansen passport, her participation at international conferences dealing with refugees, and the entry of refugees qua refugees. These developments occurred at a time when Canada was trying to establish an international presence and a measure of independence from Britain. Article in Journal/Newspaper Fridtjof Nansen SAGE Publications (via Crossref) Canada Fridtjof ENVELOPE(-56.717,-56.717,-63.567,-63.567) International Migration Review 28 2 281 306 |
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After 1918, millions of refugees from the former Russian and Ottoman Empires found themselves without citizenship. To facilitate refugee travel and work, Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, League of Nations HCR, established an international identity certificate, generally known as the “Nansen passport” This document identified the refugee but did not give him the same rights as a legal passport, most notably, the right of return. After the war, racism in Canada's immigration program and a concern for potential public charges affected the way in which Canada dealt with the Nansen passport, her participation at international conferences dealing with refugees, and the entry of refugees qua refugees. These developments occurred at a time when Canada was trying to establish an international presence and a measure of independence from Britain. |
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