Faith and the politics of resettlement
Those working with asylum seekers and refugees in Turkey have noticed that a growing number of Iranian Shi’ite asylum seekers are converting to Christianity during their migratory passage through Turkey. With apostasy punishable by death in Iran, asylum claims and requests for resettlement can be ba...
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University of Oxford
2014-11-01
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| description | Those working with asylum seekers and refugees in Turkey have noticed that a growing number of Iranian Shi’ite asylum seekers are converting to Christianity during their migratory passage through Turkey. With apostasy punishable by death in Iran, asylum claims and requests for resettlement can be based on or strengthened by such conversion. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d96a3c8195d646ee8a1e46efa39dc4032022-12-22T01:29:59ZaraUniversity of OxfordForced Migration Review1460-98192051-30702014-11-01485353Faith and the politics of resettlementShoshana Fine0CERI Sciences Po ParisThose working with asylum seekers and refugees in Turkey have noticed that a growing number of Iranian Shi’ite asylum seekers are converting to Christianity during their migratory passage through Turkey. With apostasy punishable by death in Iran, asylum claims and requests for resettlement can be based on or strengthened by such conversion.http://www.fmreview.org/faith/finerefugeeIDPstatelessinternal displacementforced migrationmigrationfaithreligionfaith communitiesfaith-basedTurkey |
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| title | Faith and the politics of resettlement |
| title_full | Faith and the politics of resettlement |
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| title_short | Faith and the politics of resettlement |
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| topic | refugee IDP stateless internal displacement forced migration migration faith religion faith communities faith-based Turkey |
| url | http://www.fmreview.org/faith/fine |
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