Hynes, a researcher for the UK National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, examines the application of humane refugee and asylum seeker placement policies and discusses the ways in which policies that do not meet the needs of the target population hinder the assimilation of asylum seekers and produce worse outcomes for those eventually granted permanent refugee status. Drawing on extensive knowledge gained working with refugee populations in Southeast Asia, the author documents the development of internal immigrant social and cultural survival mechanisms in the face of official neglect that hinder future social integration. The volume includes several population maps and statistical tables. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)