Abstract
Refugees, and not only the clever and celebrated, are a source of perpetual renewal and innovation in the societies that receive them; not only because they must re-invent themselves, but in so doing, they also creatively re-appraise the values of the host culture. This fundamental concept should not need to be fought for. While preparing this book, a number of people in the USA told me that such a simple truth should not even require enunciation. It does, of course, again, even in the USA, where the presence of an estimated 12–15 million ‘undocumented’, mainly Latino, newcomers, has also revived a debate still never quite settled in Europe.
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Seabrook, J. (2009). Until. In: The Refuge and the Fortress. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230235014_4
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