TY - JOUR T1 - Books: <em>Refuge: Transforming a Broken Refugee System</em> JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 274 LP - 274 DO - 10.3399/bjgp17X691241 VL - 67 IS - 659 AU - Polly Nyiri AU - Gerry Clare Y1 - 2017/06/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/67/659/274.abstract N2 - Alexander Betts and Paul Collier Allen Lane, 2017, HB, 288pp, £20.00, 978-0241289235It is not immediately obvious, from a stroll through the bustling Armenian neighbourhood in Beirut, that many inhabitants arrived destitute just over three generations ago, fleeing pogroms in the death throes of the Ottoman empire. The incomers were able to work, facilitating their integration in the host country. Against the odds, the refugees prospered, and today form one of the bastions of richly-diverse Lebanese society.Here, then, is the central tenet of this timely and highly-informative book: in order to thrive, refugees fleeing violence must be given the opportunity to engage with host societies through work. Conversely, the indefinite encampment of refugees in remote border areas with few facilities or prospects … ER -